High paying tech and IT jobs in New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a New Orleans-Metairie, LA 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, New Orleans-Metairie, LA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$131,570
Bachelor's degree
$69,000 – $210,570800
2Information Security Analysts$109,110
Bachelor's degree
$72,720 – $147,180160
3Software Developers$106,950
Bachelor's degree
$77,760 – $161,260940
4Data Scientists$98,390
Bachelor's degree
$59,560 – $130,530200
5Computer Systems Analysts$97,240
Bachelor's degree
$70,050 – $136,890940
6Computer Occupations, All Other$94,520
Bachelor's degree
$48,190 – $136,9901,760
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$91,570
Bachelor's degree
$61,530 – $152,460360
8Computer Programmers$77,220
Bachelor's degree
$37,690 – $96,370550
9Computer User Support Specialists$59,800
Some college, no degree
$38,100 – $90,6101,110
10Computer Network Support Specialists$59,780
Associate's degree
$45,280 – $95,570250

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Orleans-Metairie, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$131,570	$69,000 – $210,570	800
2	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$109,110	$72,720 – $147,180	160
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$106,950	$77,760 – $161,260	940
4	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$98,390	$59,560 – $130,530	200
5	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$97,240	$70,050 – $136,890	940
6	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$94,520	$48,190 – $136,990	1,760
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$91,570	$61,530 – $152,460	360
8	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$77,220	$37,690 – $96,370	550
9	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,800	$38,100 – $90,610	1,110
10	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$59,780	$45,280 – $95,570	250

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. 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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