Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Jacksonville

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Jacksonville, FL 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. Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $73,670
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,510
- Employment: 10,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($106,970)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($93,540)
--- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL ($92,190)

#29. Computer hardware engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $74,510
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $136,230
- Employment: 73,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($185,210)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($183,320)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($161,580)

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

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $75,900
- #118 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#27. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $76,530
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,230
- Employment: 62,030
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS ($94,360)
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($90,460)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($86,020)

#26. Web and digital interface designers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $79,730
- #42 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)

#25. Web developers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $79,810
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#24. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $79,940
- #143 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 850

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)

#23. Network and computer systems administrators

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $80,300
- #205 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,470

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)

#22. Landscape architects

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $80,480
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $74,980
- Employment: 17,430
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,590)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($96,810)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($95,110)

#21. Computer programmers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $82,120
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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)

#20. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $83,480
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,390
- Employment: 40,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($112,580)
--- New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($91,550)
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($90,200)

#19. Marine engineers and naval architects

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $83,550
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,820
- Employment: 7,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($153,630)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($126,010)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($109,390)

#18. Statisticians

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $86,290
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#17. Mechanical engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $86,510
- #239 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 710

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)

#16. Industrial engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $88,170
- #226 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960

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)

#15. Data scientists

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $88,620
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

#14. Architects, except landscape and naval

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $91,450
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#13. Environmental engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $91,540
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#12. Electrical engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $92,300
- #299 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#11. Computer systems analysts

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $93,340
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,260

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)

#10. Civil engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $93,530
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,280

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)

#9. Database administrators

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $95,350
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 400

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)

#8. Materials engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $95,590
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#7. Electronics engineers, except computer

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $97,440
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#6. Aerospace engineers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $97,810
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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. Information security analysts

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $106,360
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,060

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)

#4. Software developers

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $108,260
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,740

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. Computer network architects

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $108,270
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)

#2. Actuaries

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $111,890
- #38 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)

#1. Database architects

Jacksonville, FL
- Annual mean salary: $118,650
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

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