Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Cedar Rapids

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA 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. Architectural and civil drafters

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $56,960
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,620
- Employment: 101,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC ($76,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,700)
--- Anchorage, AK ($75,650)

#29. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $60,390
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,000
- Employment: 64,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)

#28. Electrical and electronics drafters

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $61,790
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#27. Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,210
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,880
- Employment: 11,590
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($99,720)
--- Midland, TX ($98,040)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($87,920)

#26. Computer network support specialists

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,580
- #216 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#25. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,600
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#24. Web developers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,780
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#23. Statisticians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,890
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#22. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $66,270
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#21. Operations research analysts

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $67,290
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#20. Surveyors

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $67,770
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Mechanical drafters

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $70,910
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,650
- Employment: 47,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,540)
--- Corpus Christi, TX ($90,720)
--- New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($82,590)

#18. Web and digital interface designers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $71,180
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#17. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $74,430
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#16. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $74,460
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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. Data scientists

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $74,870
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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. Computer programmers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $82,740
- #151 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#13. Architects, except landscape and naval

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $84,040
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#12. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $84,810
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#11. Database administrators

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $87,230
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#9 (tie). Network and computer systems administrators

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $87,300
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#9 (tie). Computer systems analysts

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $87,300
- #241 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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)

#8. Electronics engineers, except computer

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $92,340
- #168 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#7. Civil engineers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $92,670
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

#6. Mechanical engineers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $93,720
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#5. Industrial engineers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $95,310
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#4. Computer hardware engineers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $101,170
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#3. Information security analysts

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $105,400
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#2. Computer network architects

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $106,330
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#1. Software developers

Cedar Rapids, IA
- Annual mean salary: $113,750
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,010

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)

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