Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Orlando

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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. Computer network support specialists

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $67,570
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,400

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. Web and digital interface designers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $74,230
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

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. Operations research analysts

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $74,680
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

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)

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

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $74,830
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#26. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $77,690
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,020
- Employment: 17,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Flagstaff, AZ ($151,560)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($122,950)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($120,340)

#25. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $81,420
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,550

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)

#24. Network and computer systems administrators

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $84,610
- #136 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,250

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)

#23. Environmental engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $85,880
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#22. Data scientists

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $86,940
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 890

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)

#21. Computer programmers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $88,720
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 730

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. Civil engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $90,210
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,750

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)

#19. Architects, except landscape and naval

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $91,050
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 780

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)

#18. Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $92,190
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

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)

#17. Mechanical engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $92,350
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 950

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. Database administrators

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $93,510
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 780

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

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $93,810
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,770

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

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $95,250
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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. Industrial engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $96,690
- #104 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,570

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)

#12. Electrical engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $98,460
- #200 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 870

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. Materials engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $100,270
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#10. Software developers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $104,150
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,480

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)

#9. Electronics engineers, except computer

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $104,680
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

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)

#8. Information security analysts

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $105,080
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,420

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. Computer and information research scientists

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $109,830
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#6. Web developers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $110,040
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

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)

#5. Aerospace engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $111,270
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 850

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)

#4. Database architects

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $112,320
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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. Computer network architects

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $114,930
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,060

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. Computer hardware engineers

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $115,630
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

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)

#1. Actuaries

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Annual mean salary: $138,200
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

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