High paying tech and IT jobs in Mobile, AL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mobile, AL. 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 Mobile, AL run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Mobile, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Mobile, AL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$137,650
Bachelor's degree
$80,490 – $212,280500
2Computer Network Architects$126,080
Bachelor's degree
$74,430 – $167,550180
3Software Developers$122,540
Bachelor's degree
$66,850 – $179,8901,050
4Information Security Analysts$121,810
Bachelor's degree
$67,270 – $155,160170
5Computer Systems Analysts$94,350
Bachelor's degree
$66,140 – $140,180330
6Database Administrators$89,470
Bachelor's degree
$62,440 – $129,32090
7Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$87,910
Bachelor's degree
$47,490 – $126,72090
8Data Scientists$83,910
Bachelor's degree
$50,230 – $170,450100
9Computer Programmers$79,640
Bachelor's degree
$55,640 – $100,80060
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$77,340
Bachelor's degree
$49,250 – $117,900380
11Computer Occupations, All Other$72,380
Bachelor's degree
$49,350 – $124,680110
12Computer Network Support Specialists$71,110
Associate's degree
$43,770 – $105,23060
13Computer User Support Specialists$50,680
Some college, no degree
$39,000 – $71,830560

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

#	Occupation	MedianMobile, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,650	$80,490 – $212,280	500
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$126,080	$74,430 – $167,550	180
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$122,540	$66,850 – $179,890	1,050
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$121,810	$67,270 – $155,160	170
5	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$94,350	$66,140 – $140,180	330
6	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$89,470	$62,440 – $129,320	90
7	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$87,910	$47,490 – $126,720	90
8	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$83,910	$50,230 – $170,450	100
9	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$79,640	$55,640 – $100,800	60
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$77,340	$49,250 – $117,900	380
11	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$72,380	$49,350 – $124,680	110
12	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$71,110	$43,770 – $105,230	60
13	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$50,680	$39,000 – $71,830	560

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