High paying tech and IT jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA run 6.7% above the national average (2024), so a Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA salary is worth about 0.94× 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, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,270
Bachelor's degree
$126,650 – $277,4904,070
2Computer Network Architects$141,350
Bachelor's degree
$79,140 – $201,590580
3Software Developers$139,640
Bachelor's degree
$100,040 – $209,1407,460
4Information Security Analysts$133,570
Bachelor's degree
$72,800 – $210,600570
5Computer Systems Analysts$122,330
Bachelor's degree
$72,070 – $162,8003,170
6Database Administrators$120,500
Bachelor's degree
$62,410 – $165,340410
7Web and Digital Interface Designers$112,840
Bachelor's degree
$59,240 – $199,990480
8Computer Occupations, All Other$110,980
Bachelor's degree
$55,220 – $174,2402,700
9Computer User Support Specialists$106,040
Some college, no degree
$66,510 – $134,63013,820
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$104,800
Bachelor's degree
$73,490 – $158,7001,330
11Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$104,410
Bachelor's degree
$58,870 – $158,940930
12Operations Research Analysts$104,210
Bachelor's degree
$72,030 – $163,040510
13Data Scientists$103,700
Bachelor's degree
$77,430 – $160,7402,710
14Computer Programmers$102,600
Bachelor's degree
$67,200 – $167,300580
15Computer Network Support Specialists$83,420
Associate's degree
$57,140 – $145,890590

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

#	Occupation	MedianSacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$165,270	$126,650 – $277,490	4,070
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$141,350	$79,140 – $201,590	580
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$139,640	$100,040 – $209,140	7,460
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$133,570	$72,800 – $210,600	570
5	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$122,330	$72,070 – $162,800	3,170
6	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$120,500	$62,410 – $165,340	410
7	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$112,840	$59,240 – $199,990	480
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$110,980	$55,220 – $174,240	2,700
9	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$106,040	$66,510 – $134,630	13,820
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$104,800	$73,490 – $158,700	1,330
11	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$104,410	$58,870 – $158,940	930
12	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$104,210	$72,030 – $163,040	510
13	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$103,700	$77,430 – $160,740	2,710
14	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$102,600	$67,200 – $167,300	580
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$83,420	$57,140 – $145,890	590

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. 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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