Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Ann Arbor

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Ann Arbor, MI 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. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $64,020
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#29. Landscape architects

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $66,780
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#28. Mechanical drafters

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $68,680
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#27. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $69,530
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

#26. Aerospace engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $71,220
- #77 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#25. Architects, except landscape and naval

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $82,580
- #145 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#24. Computer programmers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $82,860
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

#23. Network and computer systems administrators

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $83,150
- #154 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

#22. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $83,860
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#21. Operations research analysts

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $84,200
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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. Information security analysts

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $85,870
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#19. Computer and information research scientists

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $87,060
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,650
- Employment: 30,840
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($209,890)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($202,020)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($183,750)

#18. Web developers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $87,850
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#17. Computer systems analysts

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $88,230
- #228 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,000

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)

#16. Civil engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $89,690
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#15. Industrial engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $90,040
- #190 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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)

#14. Database administrators

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $90,910
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#13. Computer hardware engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $91,480
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#12. Statisticians

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $91,810
- #36 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)

#11. Mechanical engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $91,820
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,370

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)

#10. Data scientists

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $93,390
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#9. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $94,900
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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. Materials engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $94,970
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#7. Electrical engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $96,170
- #236 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 600

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)

#6. Chemical engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $98,490
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#5. Software developers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $99,410
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,570

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)

#4. Environmental engineers

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $103,550
- #56 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)

#3. Electronics engineers, except computer

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $104,760
- #87 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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. Computer network architects

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $107,270
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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. Database architects

Ann Arbor, MI
- Annual mean salary: $111,840
- #63 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)

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