High paying tech and IT jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,470
Bachelor's degree
$105,660 – $254,2206,520
2Computer Network Architects$130,750
Bachelor's degree
$81,040 – $176,8001,500
3Software Developers$130,450
Bachelor's degree
$78,480 – $207,33014,230
4Computer Hardware Engineers$125,680
Bachelor's degree
$61,040 – $205,990580
5Database Administrators$124,560
Bachelor's degree
$57,850 – $156,850670
6Information Security Analysts$118,970
Bachelor's degree
$76,810 – $171,3902,460
7Data Scientists$109,990
Bachelor's degree
$67,530 – $161,4801,730
8Computer Occupations, All Other$106,330
Bachelor's degree
$51,310 – $165,4602,450
9Computer Systems Analysts$105,080
Bachelor's degree
$67,240 – $161,7207,100
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$101,560
Bachelor's degree
$62,280 – $153,2004,720
11Computer Programmers$100,140
Bachelor's degree
$38,900 – $193,090830
12Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$98,870
Bachelor's degree
$60,010 – $153,1501,930
13Operations Research Analysts$79,940
Bachelor's degree
$47,530 – $131,4901,940
14Web Developers$78,910
Bachelor's degree
$47,110 – $127,930470
15Computer Network Support Specialists$76,160
Associate's degree
$49,210 – $128,0501,850
16Computer User Support Specialists$61,050
Some college, no degree
$40,330 – $102,8107,410

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

#	Occupation	MedianTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$168,470	$105,660 – $254,220	6,520
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$130,750	$81,040 – $176,800	1,500
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$130,450	$78,480 – $207,330	14,230
4	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$125,680	$61,040 – $205,990	580
5	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$124,560	$57,850 – $156,850	670
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$118,970	$76,810 – $171,390	2,460
7	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$109,990	$67,530 – $161,480	1,730
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$106,330	$51,310 – $165,460	2,450
9	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$105,080	$67,240 – $161,720	7,100
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$101,560	$62,280 – $153,200	4,720
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$100,140	$38,900 – $193,090	830
12	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$98,870	$60,010 – $153,150	1,930
13	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$79,940	$47,530 – $131,490	1,940
14	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$78,910	$47,110 – $127,930	470
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$76,160	$49,210 – $128,050	1,850
16	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$61,050	$40,330 – $102,810	7,410

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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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