Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Detroit

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, 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. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $71,370
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#29. Web and digital interface designers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $74,950
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500

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)

#28. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $79,800
- #146 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,250

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)

#27. Web developers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $80,130
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#26. Architects, except landscape and naval

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $80,170
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,360

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)

#25. Civil engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $85,410
- #291 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,610

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)

#24. Network and computer systems administrators

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $86,200
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,250

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)

#23. Operations research analysts

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $86,310
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

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)

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

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $86,510
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#21. Materials engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $87,110
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#20. Computer programmers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $87,690
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,740

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)

#19. Database administrators

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $88,420
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#18. Data scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $90,260
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,620

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)

#17. Industrial engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $91,390
- #164 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 14,610

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)

#16. Information security analysts

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $93,860
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,400

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)

#15. Mechanical engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $94,720
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 21,920

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. Actuaries

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $95,010
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $125,300
- Employment: 23,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($245,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,550)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($144,320)

#13. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $97,220
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#12. Statisticians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $100,240
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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. Electrical engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $100,670
- #153 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,870

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)

#10. Software developers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $101,120
- #197 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 21,740

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. Aerospace engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $102,490
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#8. Environmental engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $102,750
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 770

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $107,510
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,740

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)

#6. Computer systems analysts

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $107,870
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 9,660

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)

#5. Computer network architects

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $112,640
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,720

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)

#4. Chemical engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $113,780
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)

#3. Computer and information research scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $116,960
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#2. Database architects

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $117,990
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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)

#1. Computer hardware engineers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $118,430
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670

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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