High paying tech and IT jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$167,130
Bachelor's degree
$103,330 – $217,1306,160
2Software Developers$129,030
Bachelor's degree
$77,730 – $169,0309,820
3Database Architects$122,310
Bachelor's degree
$67,030 – $172,680710
4Computer Hardware Engineers$112,490
Bachelor's degree
$61,290 – $150,100540
5Computer Occupations, All Other$108,450
Bachelor's degree
$58,100 – $166,6607,330
6Information Security Analysts$106,420
Bachelor's degree
$65,330 – $166,9001,640
7Web Developers$106,360
Bachelor's degree
$68,940 – $129,080490
8Database Administrators$104,650
Bachelor's degree
$62,320 – $154,280550
9Computer Network Architects$103,370
Bachelor's degree
$62,080 – $170,7302,010
10Data Scientists$99,600
Bachelor's degree
$59,500 – $158,3102,640
11Computer Programmers$96,920
Bachelor's degree
$63,230 – $132,120660
12Computer Systems Analysts$96,290
Bachelor's degree
$61,840 – $145,5903,920
13Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$94,590
Bachelor's degree
$59,600 – $169,8201,360
14Network and Computer Systems Administrators$88,940
Bachelor's degree
$59,450 – $129,4102,840
15Computer Network Support Specialists$75,060
Associate's degree
$46,390 – $131,6102,080
16Web and Digital Interface Designers$74,780
Bachelor's degree
$48,310 – $136,380650
17Operations Research Analysts$63,650
Bachelor's degree
$49,180 – $125,800900
18Computer User Support Specialists$60,940
Some college, no degree
$42,240 – $95,4405,940

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$167,130	$103,330 – $217,130	6,160
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$129,030	$77,730 – $169,030	9,820
3	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$122,310	$67,030 – $172,680	710
4	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$112,490	$61,290 – $150,100	540
5	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$108,450	$58,100 – $166,660	7,330
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$106,420	$65,330 – $166,900	1,640
7	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$106,360	$68,940 – $129,080	490
8	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$104,650	$62,320 – $154,280	550
9	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$103,370	$62,080 – $170,730	2,010
10	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$99,600	$59,500 – $158,310	2,640
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$96,920	$63,230 – $132,120	660
12	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$96,290	$61,840 – $145,590	3,920
13	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$94,590	$59,600 – $169,820	1,360
14	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$88,940	$59,450 – $129,410	2,840
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$75,060	$46,390 – $131,610	2,080
16	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$74,780	$48,310 – $136,380	650
17	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$63,650	$49,180 – $125,800	900
18	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$60,940	$42,240 – $95,440	5,940

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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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