High paying tech and IT jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$128,020
Bachelor's degree
$71,630 – $181,960120
2Software Developers$110,780
Bachelor's degree
$52,390 – $166,980280
3Computer Occupations, All Other$96,960
Bachelor's degree
$48,930 – $153,940210
4Data Scientists$91,130
Bachelor's degree
$59,860 – $149,67050
5Computer Systems Analysts$85,180
Bachelor's degree
$52,010 – $126,250150
6Information Security Analysts$80,660
Bachelor's degree
$43,430 – $131,42060
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$76,320
Bachelor's degree
$52,360 – $124,530160
8Database Administrators$57,680
Bachelor's degree
$41,140 – $151,40050
9Computer User Support Specialists$52,520
Some college, no degree
$38,500 – $80,070360
10Computer Network Support Specialists$47,970
Associate's degree
$30,570 – $84,690110

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,020	$71,630 – $181,960	120
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$110,780	$52,390 – $166,980	280
3	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$96,960	$48,930 – $153,940	210
4	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$91,130	$59,860 – $149,670	50
5	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$85,180	$52,010 – $126,250	150
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$80,660	$43,430 – $131,420	60
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$76,320	$52,360 – $124,530	160
8	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$57,680	$41,140 – $151,400	50
9	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$52,520	$38,500 – $80,070	360
10	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$47,970	$30,570 – $84,690	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. 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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