Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Anchorage

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December 14, 2022
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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Anchorage

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Anchorage, AK metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "architecture and engineering occupations" or "computer and mathematical occupations" were considered. Keep reading to discover the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in your city.

#30. Computer network support specialists

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $50,970
- #411 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,350
- Employment: 176,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,120)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($93,670)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($92,190)

#29. Computer user support specialists

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $60,880
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)

#28. Web and digital interface designers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $62,410
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,460
- Employment: 82,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($144,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,720)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,760)

#27. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $65,380
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,590
- Employment: 14,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($82,240)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($81,340)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($74,280)

#26. Surveying and mapping technicians

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $69,890
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 56,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($84,710)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($77,840)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,960)

#25. Architectural and civil drafters

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $75,650
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,620
- Employment: 101,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC ($76,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,700)
--- Anchorage, AK ($75,650)

#24. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $78,240
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,000
- Employment: 64,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)

#23. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $83,300
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,070
- Employment: 101,450
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fort Collins, CO ($91,980)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($90,780)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($88,600)

#22. Operations research analysts

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $83,470
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,830
- Employment: 98,700
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($164,730)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($127,330)
--- Austin-Round Rock, TX ($118,710)

#21. Information security analysts

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $86,590
- #196 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,270
- Employment: 157,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($150,820)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,250)
--- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($135,080)

#20. Network and computer systems administrators

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $87,660
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640

National
- Annual mean salary: $91,250
- Employment: 316,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($135,440)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,370)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($110,930)

#19. Computer programmers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $91,160
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,650
- Employment: 152,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($144,130)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,220)
--- Dalton, GA ($123,500)

#18. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $91,560
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,510
- Employment: 12,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,640)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($104,570)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($92,720)

#17. Surveyors

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $93,690
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,880
- Employment: 46,390
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,360)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($104,740)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($103,260)

#16. Database administrators

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $94,910
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,550
- Employment: 85,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($123,540)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($121,430)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($120,280)

#15. Computer systems analysts

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $96,890
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,210
- Employment: 505,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,290)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($131,650)
--- Huntsville, AL ($118,690)

#14. Statisticians

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $98,910
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $99,450
- Employment: 31,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($155,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,620)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($125,860)

#13. Computer network architects

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $100,400
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,650
- Employment: 168,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($152,900)
--- Rapid City, SD ($145,810)

#12. Architects, except landscape and naval

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $102,550
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $91,900
- Employment: 100,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($120,430)
--- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ($115,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,780)

#11. Environmental engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $102,650
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $100,220
- Employment: 42,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($131,700)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,470)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($127,160)

#10. Data scientists

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $102,920
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $108,660
- Employment: 105,980
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($157,110)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($153,180)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($135,900)

#9. Electrical engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $105,090
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

National
- Annual mean salary: $107,890
- Employment: 186,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($148,870)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($133,640)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($124,680)

#8. Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $107,960
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $99,700
- Employment: 22,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($127,700)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($123,690)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($122,770)

#7. Civil engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $108,800
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,020

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,490
- Employment: 304,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,720)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,550)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($115,120)

#6. Electronics engineers, except computer

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $109,950
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,490
- Employment: 107,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($152,060)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($138,480)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($136,310)

#5. Mechanical engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $110,290
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,000
- Employment: 278,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,540)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($128,790)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,030)

#4. Software developers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $113,150
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,990
- Employment: 1,364,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($167,420)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($158,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($148,220)

#3. Industrial engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $142,770
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,200
- Employment: 293,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($142,770)
--- Midland, TX ($129,440)
--- Billings, MT ($126,170)

#2. Chemical engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $159,010
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $121,840
- Employment: 24,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($173,640)
--- Anchorage, AK ($159,010)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($152,820)

#1. Petroleum engineers

Anchorage, AK
- Annual mean salary: $169,650
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $145,720
- Employment: 22,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($214,700)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($175,590)
--- Anchorage, AK ($169,650)

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