Computer Systems Analysts salary

SOC 15-1211 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$105,850

per year, nationally

Middle half

$82,860–$134,110

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

519,530

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.7%

34,200 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$67,340$167,710

10th: $67,340
25th: $82,860
Median: $105,850
75th: $134,110
90th: $167,710

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where computer systems analysts earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Rhode Island	$134,630	102.3	1,850	1.10×
2	Washington	$129,410	107.0	24,120	2.03×
3	Massachusetts	$128,240	105.8	22,160	1.82×
4	Colorado	$127,750	103.1	6,230	0.65×
5	California	$127,720	110.7	59,060	0.97×
6	New Jersey	$122,890	108.8	16,520	1.15×
7	Oregon	$121,620	103.4	5,640	0.86×
8	Virginia	$120,840	101.1	23,190	1.69×
9	District of Columbia	$116,820	109.9	2,480	1.06×
10	Maryland	$113,610	105.0	15,340	1.66×
11	Delaware	$110,560	99.8	2,140	1.32×
12	Wyoming	$109,780	92.7	310	0.33×
13	New York	$109,610	107.9	24,100	0.74×
14	Connecticut	$109,600	103.6	4,800	0.85×
15	New Hampshire	$107,670	104.2	2,090	0.92×
16	Texas	$107,390	97.1	47,990	1.02×
17	North Carolina	$106,850	94.3	20,910	1.27×
18	Minnesota	$106,350	98.6	11,330	1.15×
19	Georgia	$106,240	96.3	11,640	0.71×
20	North Dakota	$105,470	89.0	280	0.20×
21	Nevada	$104,060	100.0	2,540	0.49×
22	Arizona	$103,530	100.7	11,330	1.05×
23	Michigan	$103,410	96.2	14,070	0.96×
24	Ohio	$102,320	92.8	19,190	1.03×
25	Florida	$101,900	103.4	35,270	1.06×
26	Alabama	$101,770	88.8	6,560	0.93×
27	Illinois	$101,570	100.0	20,610	1.01×
28	Kansas	$100,770	90.1	3,740	0.78×
29	Wisconsin	$100,440	94.1	8,340	0.85×
30	South Dakota	$99,790	88.6	1,110	0.73×
31	Vermont	$99,610	98.0	590	0.58×
32	Indiana	$98,810	93.3	9,660	0.90×
33	Utah	$98,770	98.9	2,950	0.51×
34	Pennsylvania	$98,550	97.6	19,450	0.96×
35	South Carolina	$98,280	93.7	7,700	1.00×
36	New Mexico	$98,220	92.2	2,290	0.79×
37	Oklahoma	$95,930	87.8	3,710	0.65×
38	Iowa	$95,920	87.8	4,760	0.91×
39	Maine	$95,820	97.0	2,480	1.16×
40	Louisiana	$95,660	88.2	2,980	0.46×
41	Tennessee	$95,630	91.9	10,220	0.93×
42	Kentucky	$95,090	90.2	5,930	0.89×
43	Missouri	$92,060	90.8	7,730	0.79×
44	Nebraska	$91,810	90.1	2,440	0.71×
45	Montana	$91,310	94.6	850	0.50×
46	Hawaii	$88,640	110.0	1,670	0.79×
47	Alaska	$88,520	102.4	420	0.39×
48	Mississippi	$86,280	87.0	1,990	0.51×
49	Arkansas	$81,760	86.9	4,100	0.94×
50	Idaho	$75,310	95.5	1,650	0.57×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where computer systems analysts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for computer systems analysts

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$157,140	110.4	7,260	1.91×
2	Pueblo, CO	$139,870	91.8	40	0.21×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$134,460	115.6	11,180	1.41×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$133,690	111.1	19,050	2.73×
5	Boulder, CO	$132,750	105.2	—	—
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$129,180	108.3	17,470	1.93×
7	Colorado Springs, CO	$128,740	100.7	760	0.72×
8	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$128,580	101.8	2,050	0.86×
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$128,340	112.6	26,540	0.84×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$127,880	105.8	4,190	0.78×
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$127,360	105.4	4,020	1.00×
12	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$127,100	100.1	320	0.75×
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$127,040	108.9	18,620	1.78×
14	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$126,880	101.1	200	0.36×
15	Napa, CA	$124,790	112.6	80	0.32×
16	Midland, TX	$124,540	95.8	150	0.37×
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$124,450	109.9	490	1.50×
18	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$122,520	103.1	20,000	1.48×
19	Longview-Kelso, WA	$122,380	97.5	100	0.72×
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$122,330	106.7	3,170	0.88×
21	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$122,320	101.6	50	0.32×
22	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$121,700	106.9	800	0.59×
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$121,560	113.6	16,900	0.81×
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$120,680	108.8	720	1.08×
25	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$119,970	110.5	760	0.70×
26	Pittsfield, MA	$119,640	95.1	110	0.58×
27	Worcester, MA	$119,260	102.5	910	0.78×
28	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$119,090	111.9	5,760	1.12×
29	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$119,090	100.1	8,300	0.86×
30	Burlington, NC	$118,590	93.2	100	0.44×
31	Springfield, IL	$117,590	92.7	820	2.43×
32	Gainesville, GA	$113,740	96.8	210	0.60×
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$113,520	107.8	330	0.49×
34	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$113,440	98.6	8,510	0.77×
35	Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	$113,070	89.2	110	0.94×
36	Albany, OR	$112,700	102.1	50	0.34×
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$112,270	102.7	2,330	1.16×
38	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$112,090	104.8	8,580	1.32×
39	Vallejo, CA	$111,350	108.5	210	0.44×
40	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$110,790	97.3	7,870	1.74×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where computer systems analysts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Software Developers$135,980
Computer User Support Specialists$61,860
Computer Occupations, All Other$116,580
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$99,130
Information Security Analysts$129,180
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$104,300
Computer Network Architects$134,050
Computer Network Support Specialists$76,220