High paying tech and IT jobs in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA. 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA run 1.3% below the national average (2024), so a Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA · Employed

1Database Architects$151,210
Bachelor's degree
$101,670 – $191,280150
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$146,300
Bachelor's degree
$100,300 – $207,5101,360
3Computer Network Architects$122,200
Bachelor's degree
$72,870 – $167,610300
4Software Developers$109,470
Bachelor's degree
$76,190 – $162,2602,580
5Actuaries$106,600
Bachelor's degree
$71,970 – $162,100120
6Information Security Analysts$100,780
Bachelor's degree
$70,450 – $155,230230
7Computer Occupations, All Other$100,110
Bachelor's degree
$61,710 – $136,1801,680
8Database Administrators$100,110
Bachelor's degree
$63,160 – $136,430190
9Data Scientists$96,760
Bachelor's degree
$62,440 – $154,640500
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$93,090
Bachelor's degree
$66,040 – $127,690510
11Computer Systems Analysts$91,900
Bachelor's degree
$62,680 – $127,1701,190
12Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$87,270
Bachelor's degree
$59,080 – $135,180170
13Computer Programmers$86,450
Bachelor's degree
$52,640 – $129,040140
14Operations Research Analysts$80,870
Bachelor's degree
$62,340 – $118,270250
15Statisticians$78,690
Master's degree
$55,220 – $117,110160
16Computer Network Support Specialists$77,160
Associate's degree
$53,760 – $104,960240
17Computer User Support Specialists$58,670
Some college, no degree
$39,260 – $82,5701,390

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

#	Occupation	MedianHarrisburg-Carlisle, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$151,210	$101,670 – $191,280	150
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$146,300	$100,300 – $207,510	1,360
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$122,200	$72,870 – $167,610	300
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$109,470	$76,190 – $162,260	2,580
5	ActuariesBachelor's degree	$106,600	$71,970 – $162,100	120
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$100,780	$70,450 – $155,230	230
7	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$100,110	$61,710 – $136,180	1,680
8	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$100,110	$63,160 – $136,430	190
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$96,760	$62,440 – $154,640	500
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$93,090	$66,040 – $127,690	510
11	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$91,900	$62,680 – $127,170	1,190
12	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$87,270	$59,080 – $135,180	170
13	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$86,450	$52,640 – $129,040	140
14	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$80,870	$62,340 – $118,270	250
15	StatisticiansMaster's degree	$78,690	$55,220 – $117,110	160
16	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$77,160	$53,760 – $104,960	240
17	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$58,670	$39,260 – $82,570	1,390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA. 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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