High paying tech and IT jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, MI salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$134,440
Bachelor's degree
$103,470 – $209,4001,050
2Computer Network Architects$122,870
Bachelor's degree
$73,850 – $164,950150
3Database Architects$102,160
Bachelor's degree
$59,340 – $170,83090
4Network and Computer Systems Administrators$97,810
Bachelor's degree
$72,180 – $130,960710
5Information Security Analysts$97,540
Bachelor's degree
$64,910 – $151,830220
6Software Developers$97,120
Bachelor's degree
$71,050 – $132,7903,020
7Computer Occupations, All Other$90,250
Bachelor's degree
$49,580 – $151,110390
8Data Scientists$87,160
Bachelor's degree
$60,800 – $131,030490
9Computer Systems Analysts$84,870
Bachelor's degree
$62,110 – $135,630660
10Statisticians$84,610
Master's degree
$66,750 – $213,610120
11Database Administrators$84,420
Bachelor's degree
$49,440 – $136,92090
12Actuaries$80,910
Bachelor's degree
$65,240 – $160,760180
13Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$77,950
Bachelor's degree
$50,100 – $121,510200
14Computer Programmers$74,110
Bachelor's degree
$36,820 – $131,690130
15Web and Digital Interface Designers$67,770
Bachelor's degree
$48,300 – $93,99080
16Computer and Information Research Scientists$66,700
Master's degree
$66,700 – $83,220110
17Computer Network Support Specialists$61,140
Associate's degree
$48,290 – $108,610120
18Computer User Support Specialists$50,840
Some college, no degree
$39,250 – $82,6502,050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$134,440	$103,470 – $209,400	1,050
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$122,870	$73,850 – $164,950	150
3	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$102,160	$59,340 – $170,830	90
4	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$97,810	$72,180 – $130,960	710
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$97,540	$64,910 – $151,830	220
6	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$97,120	$71,050 – $132,790	3,020
7	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$90,250	$49,580 – $151,110	390
8	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$87,160	$60,800 – $131,030	490
9	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$84,870	$62,110 – $135,630	660
10	StatisticiansMaster's degree	$84,610	$66,750 – $213,610	120
11	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$84,420	$49,440 – $136,920	90
12	ActuariesBachelor's degree	$80,910	$65,240 – $160,760	180
13	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$77,950	$50,100 – $121,510	200
14	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$74,110	$36,820 – $131,690	130
15	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$67,770	$48,300 – $93,990	80
16	Computer and Information Research ScientistsMaster's degree	$66,700	$66,700 – $83,220	110
17	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$61,140	$48,290 – $108,610	120
18	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$50,840	$39,250 – $82,650	2,050

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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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