High paying tech and IT jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN salary is worth about 1.07× 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
Bachelor's degree
$93,750 – $220,8501,280Bachelor's degree
$77,750 – $163,3502,770Bachelor's degree
$60,750 – $160,100650Bachelor's degree
$62,850 – $169,300620Bachelor's degree
$64,100 – $164,110650Bachelor's degree
$59,350 – $180,4502,340Bachelor's degree
$62,080 – $184,490990Bachelor's degree
$63,890 – $119,220280Bachelor's degree
$39,510 – $147,500590Bachelor's degree
$53,420 – $135,760290Associate's degree
$49,260 – $126,400660Some college, no degree
$37,520 – $83,1403,310
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree | $150,710 | $93,750 – $220,850 | 1,280 |
| 2 | Software DevelopersBachelor's degree | $110,270 | $77,750 – $163,350 | 2,770 |
| 3 | Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree | $106,760 | $60,750 – $160,100 | 650 |
| 4 | Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree | $101,040 | $62,850 – $169,300 | 620 |
| 5 | Data ScientistsBachelor's degree | $99,980 | $64,100 – $164,110 | 650 |
| 6 | Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree | $97,970 | $59,350 – $180,450 | 2,340 |
| 7 | Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree | $96,110 | $62,080 – $184,490 | 990 |
| 8 | Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree | $81,530 | $63,890 – $119,220 | 280 |
| 9 | Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree | $76,900 | $39,510 – $147,500 | 590 |
| 10 | Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree | $76,280 | $53,420 – $135,760 | 290 |
| 11 | Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree | $73,160 | $49,260 – $126,400 | 660 |
| 12 | Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree | $57,620 | $37,520 – $83,140 | 3,310 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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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