Highest-paying Computer and Engineering Jobs in Baton Rouge

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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Baton Rouge

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Baton Rouge, LA 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. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $64,070
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,590
- Employment: 14,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($82,240)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($81,340)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($74,280)

#29. Surveyors

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $65,720
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#27. Landscape architects

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $68,190
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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. Database architects

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $69,910
- #118 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#25. Network and computer systems administrators

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $71,300
- #401 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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)

#24. Data scientists

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $77,400
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#23. Computer hardware engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $79,510
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#22. Computer programmers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $80,970
- #175 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#21. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $81,340
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#20. Computer systems analysts

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $81,370
- #339 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

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)

#19. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $86,020
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#18. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $88,600
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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)

#17. Nuclear engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $88,810
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $121,760
- Employment: 12,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($153,790)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($143,500)
--- Niles-Benton Harbor, MI ($141,090)

#16. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $89,180
- #77 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)

#15. Civil engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $91,830
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 900

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)

#14. Architects, except landscape and naval

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $95,690
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#13. Database administrators

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $97,560
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#11. Information security analysts

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $98,560
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

#10. Software developers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $99,160
- #231 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560

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

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $104,220
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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. Environmental engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $105,610
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

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

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $107,080
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#6. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $112,580
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#5. Industrial engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $116,590
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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. Electrical engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $121,820
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#3. Mechanical engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $128,790
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 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)

#2. Chemical engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $141,920
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

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)

#1. Petroleum engineers

Baton Rouge, LA
- Annual mean salary: $153,160
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Baton Rouge

Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Baton Rouge

#30. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

#29. Surveyors

#28. Computer network support specialists

#27. Landscape architects

#26. Database architects

#25. Network and computer systems administrators

#24. Data scientists

#23. Computer hardware engineers

#22. Computer programmers

#21. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

#20. Computer systems analysts

#19. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

#18. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

#17. Nuclear engineers

#16. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

#15. Civil engineers

#14. Architects, except landscape and naval

#13. Database administrators

#12. Computer network architects

#11. Information security analysts

#10. Software developers

#9. Electronics engineers, except computer

#8. Environmental engineers

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

#6. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

#5. Industrial engineers

#4. Electrical engineers

#3. Mechanical engineers

#2. Chemical engineers

#1. Petroleum engineers

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