Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Atlanta

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 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. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $77,490
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,190

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)

#29. Operations research analysts

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $79,140
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,580

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)

#28. Civil engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $81,340
- #377 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,460

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)

#27. Landscape architects

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $84,710
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

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)

#26. Web and digital interface designers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $86,600
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,670

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. Environmental engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $87,830
- #138 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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)

#24. Architects, except landscape and naval

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $88,680
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,960

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)

#23. Database administrators

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $89,720
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,010

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)

#22. Industrial engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $90,200
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,520

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

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $95,400
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,700

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. Mechanical engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $96,930
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,810

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)

#19. Network and computer systems administrators

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $97,200
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,690

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)

#18. Web developers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $97,770
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,180

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)

#17. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $97,780
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#16. Computer systems analysts

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $102,360
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,730

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)

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

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $106,530
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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)

#14. Data scientists

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $107,950
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,410

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)

#13. Computer programmers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $108,160
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,090

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)

#12. Statisticians

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $108,730
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#11. Computer hardware engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,310
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,340

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)

#10. Aerospace engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,400
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 840

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)

#9. Information security analysts

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,450
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,020

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)

#8. Chemical engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,470
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#7. Electronics engineers, except computer

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $114,080
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,530

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. Computer and information research scientists

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $114,090
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#5. Electrical engineers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $114,290
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,030

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)

#4. Software developers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $118,100
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 36,080

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

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $126,070
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,400

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. Database architects

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $131,110
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,540

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. Actuaries

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $245,520
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 810

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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