High paying tech and IT jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tuscaloosa, AL. 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 Tuscaloosa, AL run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Tuscaloosa, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Tuscaloosa, AL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$126,270
Bachelor's degree
$80,120 – $196,760210
2Computer Network Architects$124,860
Bachelor's degree
$63,450 – $197,53080
3Computer Occupations, All Other$115,750
Bachelor's degree
$57,520 – $154,32060
4Software Developers$104,870
Bachelor's degree
$63,650 – $169,850290
5Information Security Analysts$99,460
Bachelor's degree
$58,280 – $163,110120
6Data Scientists$92,880
Bachelor's degree
$56,090 – $127,97050
7Computer Systems Analysts$87,140
Bachelor's degree
$59,410 – $140,760120
8Computer Programmers$86,110
Bachelor's degree
$49,290 – $116,17040
9Database Administrators$85,800
Bachelor's degree
$62,260 – $123,55070
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$79,320
Bachelor's degree
$56,010 – $106,450210
11Web Developers$67,310
Bachelor's degree
$47,870 – $81,17050
12Computer User Support Specialists$48,490
Some college, no degree
$30,020 – $75,790260

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

#	Occupation	MedianTuscaloosa, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,270	$80,120 – $196,760	210
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$124,860	$63,450 – $197,530	80
3	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$115,750	$57,520 – $154,320	60
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$104,870	$63,650 – $169,850	290
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$99,460	$58,280 – $163,110	120
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$92,880	$56,090 – $127,970	50
7	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$87,140	$59,410 – $140,760	120
8	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$86,110	$49,290 – $116,170	40
9	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$85,800	$62,260 – $123,550	70
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$79,320	$56,010 – $106,450	210
11	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$67,310	$47,870 – $81,170	50
12	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$48,490	$30,020 – $75,790	260

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