High paying tech and IT jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$215,300
Bachelor's degree
$139,610 – $322,41062,430
2Software Developers$166,830
Bachelor's degree
$101,690 – $224,590121,000
3Computer Network Architects$163,010
Bachelor's degree
$101,240 – $216,88010,230
4Information Security Analysts$140,470
Bachelor's degree
$86,860 – $216,28011,330
5Data Scientists$135,980
Bachelor's degree
$79,870 – $216,03023,160
6Database Architects$131,540
Bachelor's degree
$86,230 – $216,4805,460
7Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$130,540
Bachelor's degree
$75,490 – $181,33011,460
8Computer Systems Analysts$128,340
Bachelor's degree
$78,000 – $179,11026,540
9Computer Occupations, All Other$126,910
Bachelor's degree
$56,330 – $212,38016,230
10Computer Programmers$126,750
Bachelor's degree
$76,000 – $173,9006,670
11Database Administrators$121,550
Bachelor's degree
$70,890 – $185,4003,630
12Network and Computer Systems Administrators$119,390
Bachelor's degree
$75,810 – $171,47017,690
13Web and Digital Interface Designers$119,190
Bachelor's degree
$64,360 – $204,51014,990
14Web Developers$104,820
Bachelor's degree
$48,610 – $180,4804,200
15Operations Research Analysts$103,110
Bachelor's degree
$64,170 – $174,3106,890
16Computer Network Support Specialists$86,930
Associate's degree
$52,230 – $138,4106,330
17Computer User Support Specialists$75,690
Some college, no degree
$47,600 – $117,08036,580

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$215,300	$139,610 – $322,410	62,430
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$166,830	$101,690 – $224,590	121,000
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$163,010	$101,240 – $216,880	10,230
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$140,470	$86,860 – $216,280	11,330
5	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$135,980	$79,870 – $216,030	23,160
6	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$131,540	$86,230 – $216,480	5,460
7	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$130,540	$75,490 – $181,330	11,460
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$128,340	$78,000 – $179,110	26,540
9	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$126,910	$56,330 – $212,380	16,230
10	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$126,750	$76,000 – $173,900	6,670
11	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$121,550	$70,890 – $185,400	3,630
12	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$119,390	$75,810 – $171,470	17,690
13	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$119,190	$64,360 – $204,510	14,990
14	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$104,820	$48,610 – $180,480	4,200
15	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,110	$64,170 – $174,310	6,890
16	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$86,930	$52,230 – $138,410	6,330
17	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$75,690	$47,600 – $117,080	36,580

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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