Highest-paying Computer and Engineering Jobs in Indianapolis

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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Indianapolis

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 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 electronics drafters

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $66,050
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,090
- Employment: 20,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,380)
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($86,920)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($83,760)

#29. Materials engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $68,280
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#27 (tie). Web developers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $72,560
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 650

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)

#27 (tie). Surveyors

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $72,560
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#26. Operations research analysts

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $72,580
- #145 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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)

#25. Data scientists

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $79,910
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

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)

#24. Chemical engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $81,550
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#23. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $81,810
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#22. Petroleum engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $82,400
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#21. Architects, except landscape and naval

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $83,510
- #139 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)

#20. Network and computer systems administrators

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $84,650
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,540

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)

#19. Environmental engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $84,960
- #153 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#18. Civil engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $85,790
- #279 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,820

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)

#17. Mechanical engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $86,160
- #246 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,870

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

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 580

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. Information security analysts

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $86,650
- #194 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 990

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

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $90,620
- #87 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#13. Industrial engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $90,950
- #173 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,760

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. Computer systems analysts

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $93,280
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,820

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)

#11. Statisticians

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $93,750
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#10. Electronics engineers, except computer

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $94,500
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#9. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $95,880
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#8. Software developers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $97,370
- #259 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,780

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)

#7. Aerospace engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $98,710
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#6. Electrical engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $100,370
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 930

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)

#5. Database architects

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $101,930
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#4. Computer hardware engineers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $103,800
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#2. Computer programmers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $107,120
- #14 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)

#1. Actuaries

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Annual mean salary: $121,460
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)