High paying tech and IT jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, NC. 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,900
Bachelor's degree
$99,340 – $227,130700
2Information Security Analysts$129,980
Bachelor's degree
$66,440 – $172,770280
3Database Architects$125,530
Bachelor's degree
$79,630 – $161,300130
4Software Developers$124,130
Bachelor's degree
$78,700 – $169,3601,050
5Computer Network Architects$119,870
Bachelor's degree
$79,560 – $165,200250
6Data Scientists$101,570
Bachelor's degree
$51,880 – $172,200300
7Computer Systems Analysts$101,320
Bachelor's degree
$71,330 – $136,450770
8Computer Occupations, All Other$94,600
Bachelor's degree
$42,210 – $149,700520
9Network and Computer Systems Administrators$94,550
Bachelor's degree
$59,210 – $150,620450
10Computer Programmers$83,760
Bachelor's degree
$63,250 – $128,640230
11Web and Digital Interface Designers$72,170
Bachelor's degree
$33,930 – $141,140110
12Computer Network Support Specialists$71,220
Associate's degree
$44,110 – $107,890140
13Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$69,390
Bachelor's degree
$62,170 – $122,490190
14Computer User Support Specialists$59,000
Some college, no degree
$36,610 – $97,560960

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$160,900	$99,340 – $227,130	700
2	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$129,980	$66,440 – $172,770	280
3	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$125,530	$79,630 – $161,300	130
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$124,130	$78,700 – $169,360	1,050
5	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$119,870	$79,560 – $165,200	250
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$101,570	$51,880 – $172,200	300
7	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,320	$71,330 – $136,450	770
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$94,600	$42,210 – $149,700	520
9	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$94,550	$59,210 – $150,620	450
10	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$83,760	$63,250 – $128,640	230
11	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$72,170	$33,930 – $141,140	110
12	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$71,220	$44,110 – $107,890	140
13	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$69,390	$62,170 – $122,490	190
14	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,000	$36,610 – $97,560	960

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, NC. 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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