High paying tech and IT jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT run 2.7% above the national average (2024), so a Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$171,350
Bachelor's degree
$103,350 – $241,8104,200
2Actuaries$166,800
Bachelor's degree
$101,180 – $228,810960
3Computer Network Architects$159,720
Bachelor's degree
$102,790 – $196,540690
4Computer Programmers$141,920
Bachelor's degree
$84,850 – $141,9201,150
5Database Architects$137,980
Bachelor's degree
$106,090 – $201,460460
6Software Developers$132,520
Bachelor's degree
$86,800 – $176,3906,010
7Information Security Analysts$131,410
Bachelor's degree
$79,760 – $175,590560
8Data Scientists$126,340
Bachelor's degree
$85,970 – $197,110560
9Computer Occupations, All Other$117,600
Bachelor's degree
$58,960 – $218,2801,020
10Computer Systems Analysts$112,270
Bachelor's degree
$77,780 – $153,7702,330
11Database Administrators$108,270
Bachelor's degree
$65,790 – $157,350310
12Network and Computer Systems Administrators$105,580
Bachelor's degree
$73,040 – $155,170770
13Statisticians$98,450
Master's degree
$79,990 – $176,860250
14Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$96,160
Bachelor's degree
$45,950 – $159,210510
15Operations Research Analysts$94,710
Bachelor's degree
$64,210 – $128,730550
16Web and Digital Interface Designers$82,870
Bachelor's degree
$51,990 – $127,070310
17Computer Network Support Specialists$77,260
Associate's degree
$60,080 – $128,940440
18Computer User Support Specialists$63,930
Some college, no degree
$41,720 – $98,7003,450

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

#	Occupation	MedianHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$171,350	$103,350 – $241,810	4,200
2	ActuariesBachelor's degree	$166,800	$101,180 – $228,810	960
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$159,720	$102,790 – $196,540	690
4	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$141,920	$84,850 – $141,920	1,150
5	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$137,980	$106,090 – $201,460	460
6	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$132,520	$86,800 – $176,390	6,010
7	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$131,410	$79,760 – $175,590	560
8	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$126,340	$85,970 – $197,110	560
9	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$117,600	$58,960 – $218,280	1,020
10	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$112,270	$77,780 – $153,770	2,330
11	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$108,270	$65,790 – $157,350	310
12	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$105,580	$73,040 – $155,170	770
13	StatisticiansMaster's degree	$98,450	$79,990 – $176,860	250
14	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$96,160	$45,950 – $159,210	510
15	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$94,710	$64,210 – $128,730	550
16	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$82,870	$51,990 – $127,070	310
17	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$77,260	$60,080 – $128,940	440
18	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$63,930	$41,720 – $98,700	3,450

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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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