Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Little Rock

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 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. Web and digital interface designers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $48,850
- #176 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#29. Computer user support specialists

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $50,240
- #292 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,200

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. Architectural and civil drafters

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $51,410
- #285 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#27. Mechanical drafters

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $52,560
- #196 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,650
- Employment: 47,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,540)
--- Corpus Christi, TX ($90,720)
--- New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($82,590)

#26. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $53,840
- #176 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#25. Computer network support specialists

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $56,380
- #354 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#24. Statisticians

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $59,700
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#23. Surveyors

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $62,360
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#22. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $62,960
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#21. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $63,060
- #201 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#20. Operations research analysts

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $65,490
- #167 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#19. Web developers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $67,020
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,320
- Employment: 84,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($124,430)
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($111,080)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($110,880)

#18. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $71,800
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,710
- Employment: 190,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($138,360)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,640)
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($122,750)

#17. Computer systems analysts

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $72,450
- #436 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,130

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)

#16. Network and computer systems administrators

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $74,770
- #330 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)

#15. Environmental engineers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $77,010
- #182 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#14. Mechanical engineers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $80,230
- #354 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#13. Database administrators

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $80,760
- #166 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#12. Industrial engineers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $81,850
- #363 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#11. Architects, except landscape and naval

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $81,960
- #152 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#10. Computer programmers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $85,270
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640

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)

#9. Civil engineers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $86,600
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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)

#8. Information security analysts

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $87,290
- #189 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#7. Software developers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $88,570
- #400 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,000

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)

#6. Electronics engineers, except computer

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $89,010
- #180 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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. Actuaries

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $92,250
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $125,300
- Employment: 23,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($245,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,550)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($144,320)

#4. Computer network architects

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $95,110
- #230 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#3. Electrical engineers

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $97,270
- #224 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#2. Database architects

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $101,900
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $121,840
- Employment: 50,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($187,070)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($161,830)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($156,530)

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Annual mean salary: $103,910
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

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