High paying tech and IT jobs in Knoxville, TN

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Knoxville, TN. 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 Knoxville, TN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Knoxville, TN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Knoxville, TN · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$143,650
Bachelor's degree
$95,610 – $219,9701,380
2Software Developers$121,750
Bachelor's degree
$68,880 – $161,8702,390
3Computer Network Architects$117,480
Bachelor's degree
$78,930 – $161,510480
4Information Security Analysts$102,210
Bachelor's degree
$59,700 – $165,010480
5Data Scientists$92,640
Bachelor's degree
$61,980 – $149,090320
6Network and Computer Systems Administrators$87,400
Bachelor's degree
$62,460 – $128,190880
7Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$85,970
Bachelor's degree
$57,820 – $114,700220
8Computer Systems Analysts$85,730
Bachelor's degree
$60,930 – $126,6201,210
9Web Developers$80,710
Bachelor's degree
$47,290 – $123,780200
10Computer Network Support Specialists$76,820
Associate's degree
$49,710 – $101,770350
11Computer Occupations, All Other$66,960
Bachelor's degree
$45,410 – $116,5201,370
12Web and Digital Interface Designers$60,720
Bachelor's degree
$35,350 – $93,190240
13Computer User Support Specialists$53,350
Some college, no degree
$38,140 – $76,4401,440

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

#	Occupation	MedianKnoxville, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$143,650	$95,610 – $219,970	1,380
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$121,750	$68,880 – $161,870	2,390
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$117,480	$78,930 – $161,510	480
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$102,210	$59,700 – $165,010	480
5	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$92,640	$61,980 – $149,090	320
6	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$87,400	$62,460 – $128,190	880
7	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$85,970	$57,820 – $114,700	220
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$85,730	$60,930 – $126,620	1,210
9	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$80,710	$47,290 – $123,780	200
10	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$76,820	$49,710 – $101,770	350
11	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$66,960	$45,410 – $116,520	1,370
12	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$60,720	$35,350 – $93,190	240
13	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$53,350	$38,140 – $76,440	1,440

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Knoxville, TN. 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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