High paying tech and IT jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160
Bachelor's degree
$106,600 – $275,13013,090
2Software Developers$129,440
Bachelor's degree
$80,400 – $181,77022,940
3Information Security Analysts$126,370
Bachelor's degree
$74,290 – $178,5602,110
4Computer Network Architects$124,900
Bachelor's degree
$67,020 – $171,7602,200
5Database Administrators$116,030
Bachelor's degree
$60,730 – $159,8901,090
6Computer Systems Analysts$113,440
Bachelor's degree
$70,910 – $168,5408,510
7Data Scientists$106,750
Bachelor's degree
$62,980 – $167,2304,060
8Computer Occupations, All Other$105,440
Bachelor's degree
$49,500 – $173,59011,460
9Network and Computer Systems Administrators$101,430
Bachelor's degree
$66,770 – $157,9806,330
10Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$98,690
Bachelor's degree
$51,800 – $147,3602,420
11Computer Programmers$96,440
Bachelor's degree
$56,180 – $145,5101,340
12Web Developers$89,040
Bachelor's degree
$52,000 – $143,6401,060
13Operations Research Analysts$86,380
Bachelor's degree
$60,120 – $171,5802,500
14Computer Network Support Specialists$74,140
Associate's degree
$49,600 – $104,9901,990
15Computer User Support Specialists$59,250
Some college, no degree
$38,690 – $93,58012,840

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

#	Occupation	MedianHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$172,160	$106,600 – $275,130	13,090
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$129,440	$80,400 – $181,770	22,940
3	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$126,370	$74,290 – $178,560	2,110
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$124,900	$67,020 – $171,760	2,200
5	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$116,030	$60,730 – $159,890	1,090
6	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$113,440	$70,910 – $168,540	8,510
7	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$106,750	$62,980 – $167,230	4,060
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$105,440	$49,500 – $173,590	11,460
9	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$101,430	$66,770 – $157,980	6,330
10	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$98,690	$51,800 – $147,360	2,420
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$96,440	$56,180 – $145,510	1,340
12	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$89,040	$52,000 – $143,640	1,060
13	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$86,380	$60,120 – $171,580	2,500
14	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$74,140	$49,600 – $104,990	1,990
15	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,250	$38,690 – $93,580	12,840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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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