Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Sacramento

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 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 user support specialists

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $90,480
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 12,180

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)

#29. Web and digital interface designers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $92,610
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

#28. Data scientists

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $93,470
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,660

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)

#27. Chemical engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $94,080
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#26. Statisticians

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $95,010
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#25. Network and computer systems administrators

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $95,990
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,530

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)

#24. Database administrators

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $98,680
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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)

#23. Architects, except landscape and naval

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $100,010
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670

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)

#22. Industrial engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $100,640
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

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)

#21. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $101,200
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,070

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)

#20. Surveyors

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $103,260
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#19. Computer programmers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $103,330
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,740

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. Mechanical engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $103,590
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,060

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)

#17. Computer systems analysts

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $104,500
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,870

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. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $104,570
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#15. Information security analysts

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $110,010
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#14. Materials engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $113,370
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,950
- Employment: 21,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($135,680)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($134,720)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($129,400)

#13. Civil engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $115,120
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,090

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)

#12. Electronics engineers, except computer

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $115,160
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 860

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)

#11. Computer network architects

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $115,470
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 800

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)

#10. Actuaries

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $115,800
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#9. Environmental engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $116,180
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,290

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)

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

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $119,170
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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. Electrical engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $124,680
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,340

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)

#6. Aerospace engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $128,350
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $122,970
- Employment: 56,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA ($166,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,490)
--- Boulder, CO ($148,990)

#5. Software developers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $130,690
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,440

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)

#4. Database architects

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $132,610
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#3. Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $150,970
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $100,450
- Employment: 7,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($152,290)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($150,970)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($149,070)

#2. Petroleum engineers

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $166,540
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#1. Computer and information research scientists

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Annual mean salary: $178,230
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,650
- Employment: 30,840
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($209,890)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($202,020)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($183,750)

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