Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Worcester

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Worcester, MA-CT 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. Computer user support specialists

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $62,320
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 840

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)

#29. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $63,150
- #199 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

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)

#28. Surveyors

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $67,110
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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. Architectural and civil drafters

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $73,110
- #4 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)

#26. Computer network support specialists

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $76,390
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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. Electrical and electronics drafters

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $83,400
- #5 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)

#24. Web developers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $83,720
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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. Environmental engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $87,170
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#22. Web and digital interface designers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $89,860
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#21. Operations research analysts

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $90,140
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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. Civil engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $92,180
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#19. Statisticians

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $92,320
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#18. Database administrators

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $93,760
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#17. Architects, except landscape and naval

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $93,960
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#16. Computer programmers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $94,750
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#15. Mechanical engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $97,020
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#14. Network and computer systems administrators

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $98,550
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#13. Industrial engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $99,340
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,010

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. Data scientists

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $102,430
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#11. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $103,020
- #20 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)

#10. Information security analysts

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $104,260
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

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

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $106,360
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#8. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $106,510
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#7. Computer systems analysts

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $106,880
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#6. Electronics engineers, except computer

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $109,900
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#5. Electrical engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $111,190
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $119,790
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,960

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. Database architects

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $121,770
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#2. Computer network architects

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $125,040
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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. Computer hardware engineers

Worcester, MA-CT
- Annual mean salary: $136,150
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

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