High paying tech and IT jobs in Grand Junction, CO

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Grand Junction, CO. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single tech and IT job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Grand Junction, CO run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Junction, CO salary is worth about 1.05× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Grand Junction, CO · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,850
Bachelor's degree
$105,800 – $253,22070
2Software Developers$123,990
Bachelor's degree
$74,160 – $195,840170
3Computer Occupations, All Other$112,400
Bachelor's degree
$67,530 – $141,77070
4Data Scientists$111,300
Bachelor's degree
$63,170 – $164,98040
5Computer Network Architects$106,840
Bachelor's degree
$53,300 – $158,08090
6Computer Systems Analysts$95,810
Bachelor's degree
$70,420 – $150,34050
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$89,500
Bachelor's degree
$70,440 – $113,490120
8Computer Network Support Specialists$73,520
Associate's degree
$46,800 – $91,36050
9Computer User Support Specialists$63,860
Some college, no degree
$42,880 – $105,760220

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianGrand Junction, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$168,850	$105,800 – $253,220	70
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$123,990	$74,160 – $195,840	170
3	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$112,400	$67,530 – $141,770	70
4	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$111,300	$63,170 – $164,980	40
5	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$106,840	$53,300 – $158,080	90
6	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$95,810	$70,420 – $150,340	50
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$89,500	$70,440 – $113,490	120
8	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$73,520	$46,800 – $91,360	50
9	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$63,860	$42,880 – $105,760	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Junction, CO. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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