Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Las Vegas

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 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. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $61,440
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#29. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $64,210
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#28. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $66,590
- #136 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960

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)

#27. Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $67,630
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,880
- Employment: 11,590
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($99,720)
--- Midland, TX ($98,040)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($87,920)

#26. Landscape architects

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $68,820
- #49 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)

#25. Electrical and electronics drafters

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $70,740
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $71,070
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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. Web and digital interface designers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $72,190
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#22. Mathematicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $77,720
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $112,430
- Employment: 1,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($137,090)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($129,590)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($123,350)

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

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $80,760
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#20. Computer programmers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $81,110
- #173 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,060

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. Surveyors

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $82,740
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#18. Database administrators

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $83,940
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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. Operations research analysts

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $84,590
- #84 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#16. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#15. Architects, except landscape and naval

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $86,320
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#14. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $89,210
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#13. Mechanical engineers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $90,320
- #171 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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)

#12. Database architects

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $90,790
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#11. Computer systems analysts

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $93,390
- #138 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,020

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)

#10. Network and computer systems administrators

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $93,790
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,330

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)

#9. Information security analysts

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $96,860
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

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)

#8. Civil engineers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $97,140
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,640

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)

#7. Data scientists

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $97,540
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#6. Electrical engineers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $100,860
- #150 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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)

#5. Software developers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $101,800
- #182 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,210

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. Industrial engineers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $102,930
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#3. Electronics engineers, except computer

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $114,410
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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. Environmental engineers

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $116,890
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#1. Computer network architects

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Annual mean salary: $119,910
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560

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)

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