Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Waterloo

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, 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.

#24. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $48,730
- #172 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#23. Surveying and mapping technicians

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $48,770
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 56,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($84,710)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($77,840)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,960)

#22. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $49,420
- #251 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#21. Architectural and civil drafters

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $51,720
- #277 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#20. Computer user support specialists

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $55,730
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)

#19. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $61,790
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#18. Computer network support specialists

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $62,690
- #214 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#17. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $64,230
- #176 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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. Mechanical drafters

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $70,920
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#15. Web developers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $72,000
- #104 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#14. Web and digital interface designers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $72,890
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#13. Network and computer systems administrators

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $72,940
- #373 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#12. Civil engineers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $79,340
- #410 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#11. Computer programmers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $84,660
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#10. Computer systems analysts

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $85,290
- #271 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#9. Electrical engineers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $86,220
- #371 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#8. Data scientists

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $87,140
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#7. Architects, except landscape and naval

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $87,920
- #87 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#6. Industrial engineers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $89,670
- #195 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 920

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)

#5. Materials engineers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $90,600
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#4. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $90,930
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#3. Electronics engineers, except computer

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $92,880
- #160 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#2. Software developers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $93,060
- #325 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#1. Mechanical engineers

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Annual mean salary: $99,030
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,380

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)

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