High paying tech and IT jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,180
Bachelor's degree
$95,200 – $218,740550
2Computer Network Architects$139,150
Bachelor's degree
$85,880 – $190,320140
3Software Developers$122,200
Bachelor's degree
$76,790 – $162,230990
4Data Scientists$119,340
Bachelor's degree
$67,990 – $155,650190
5Information Security Analysts$100,470
Bachelor's degree
$64,630 – $161,040230
6Network and Computer Systems Administrators$95,160
Bachelor's degree
$59,680 – $142,880480
7Computer Systems Analysts$85,820
Bachelor's degree
$61,180 – $127,390570
8Computer Programmers$84,820
Bachelor's degree
$57,660 – $125,440100
9Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$78,890
Bachelor's degree
$46,420 – $135,120130
10Operations Research Analysts$71,680
Bachelor's degree
$45,440 – $143,840180
11Computer Occupations, All Other$60,170
Bachelor's degree
$37,920 – $148,650230
12Computer Network Support Specialists$59,320
Associate's degree
$35,030 – $94,910320
13Computer User Support Specialists$51,080
Some college, no degree
$39,610 – $80,160840

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

#	Occupation	MedianLakeland-Winter Haven, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$161,180	$95,200 – $218,740	550
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$139,150	$85,880 – $190,320	140
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$122,200	$76,790 – $162,230	990
4	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$119,340	$67,990 – $155,650	190
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$100,470	$64,630 – $161,040	230
6	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$95,160	$59,680 – $142,880	480
7	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$85,820	$61,180 – $127,390	570
8	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$84,820	$57,660 – $125,440	100
9	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$78,890	$46,420 – $135,120	130
10	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$71,680	$45,440 – $143,840	180
11	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,170	$37,920 – $148,650	230
12	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$59,320	$35,030 – $94,910	320
13	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$51,080	$39,610 – $80,160	840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. 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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