High paying tech and IT jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lexington-Fayette, KY 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, Lexington-Fayette, KY · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$144,160
Bachelor's degree
$88,460 – $223,610470
2Software Developers$123,510
Bachelor's degree
$79,770 – $167,2701,430
3Computer Hardware Engineers$123,370
Bachelor's degree
$69,950 – $154,460100
4Computer Network Architects$103,840
Bachelor's degree
$68,830 – $172,230240
5Information Security Analysts$102,190
Bachelor's degree
$65,230 – $141,590270
6Computer Systems Analysts$95,500
Bachelor's degree
$60,210 – $135,510780
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$92,390
Bachelor's degree
$62,760 – $180,380430
8Computer Programmers$90,850
Bachelor's degree
$67,900 – $137,340130
9Database Administrators$88,490
Bachelor's degree
$47,670 – $127,500110
10Data Scientists$84,460
Bachelor's degree
$61,890 – $139,370230
11Computer Occupations, All Other$79,610
Bachelor's degree
$48,250 – $145,830210
12Web and Digital Interface Designers$74,590
Bachelor's degree
$61,600 – $108,450130
13Operations Research Analysts$72,500
Bachelor's degree
$58,970 – $106,240140
14Computer Network Support Specialists$70,980
Associate's degree
$40,900 – $108,620200

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

#	Occupation	MedianLexington-Fayette, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$144,160	$88,460 – $223,610	470
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$123,510	$79,770 – $167,270	1,430
3	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$123,370	$69,950 – $154,460	100
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$103,840	$68,830 – $172,230	240
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$102,190	$65,230 – $141,590	270
6	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$95,500	$60,210 – $135,510	780
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$92,390	$62,760 – $180,380	430
8	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$90,850	$67,900 – $137,340	130
9	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$88,490	$47,670 – $127,500	110
10	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$84,460	$61,890 – $139,370	230
11	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$79,610	$48,250 – $145,830	210
12	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$74,590	$61,600 – $108,450	130
13	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$72,500	$58,970 – $106,240	140
14	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$70,980	$40,900 – $108,620	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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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