High paying tech and IT jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Pittsburgh, PA. 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 Pittsburgh, PA run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Pittsburgh, PA salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Pittsburgh, PA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,090
Bachelor's degree
$100,500 – $224,1305,290
2Database Architects$152,800
Bachelor's degree
$89,060 – $197,170570
3Software Developers$124,500
Bachelor's degree
$76,030 – $191,71010,320
4Computer Network Architects$123,410
Bachelor's degree
$77,470 – $166,3601,110
5Information Security Analysts$103,630
Bachelor's degree
$66,500 – $158,1401,130
6Computer Occupations, All Other$103,420
Bachelor's degree
$57,900 – $164,6302,760
7Database Administrators$102,070
Bachelor's degree
$58,340 – $165,250470
8Computer Systems Analysts$98,550
Bachelor's degree
$63,550 – $126,0705,230
9Data Scientists$96,670
Bachelor's degree
$60,580 – $157,6002,270
10Web and Digital Interface Designers$85,900
Bachelor's degree
$46,750 – $132,100600
11Computer Programmers$85,340
Bachelor's degree
$56,290 – $128,490420
12Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$82,900
Bachelor's degree
$56,140 – $125,390830
13Operations Research Analysts$82,560
Bachelor's degree
$52,920 – $123,920430
14Network and Computer Systems Administrators$80,440
Bachelor's degree
$59,760 – $124,0201,570
15Computer Network Support Specialists$78,820
Associate's degree
$47,920 – $118,010780
16Computer User Support Specialists$59,010
Some college, no degree
$38,270 – $82,8905,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianPittsburgh, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$159,090	$100,500 – $224,130	5,290
2	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$152,800	$89,060 – $197,170	570
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$124,500	$76,030 – $191,710	10,320
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$123,410	$77,470 – $166,360	1,110
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,630	$66,500 – $158,140	1,130
6	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$103,420	$57,900 – $164,630	2,760
7	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$102,070	$58,340 – $165,250	470
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$98,550	$63,550 – $126,070	5,230
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$96,670	$60,580 – $157,600	2,270
10	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$85,900	$46,750 – $132,100	600
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$85,340	$56,290 – $128,490	420
12	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$82,900	$56,140 – $125,390	830
13	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$82,560	$52,920 – $123,920	430
14	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$80,440	$59,760 – $124,020	1,570
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$78,820	$47,920 – $118,010	780
16	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,010	$38,270 – $82,890	5,270

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