Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Buffalo

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 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 drafters

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $66,080
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#29. Computer network support specialists

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $67,600
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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)

#28. Web and digital interface designers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $70,970
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#27. Surveyors

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $73,190
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#26. Operations research analysts

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $79,340
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#25. Architects, except landscape and naval

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $81,260
- #161 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)

#24. Computer programmers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $84,480
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

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. Database administrators

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $85,320
- #131 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#22. Environmental engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $85,480
- #146 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)

#21. Statisticians

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $86,890
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#20. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $87,000
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

#19. Civil engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $87,140
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

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)

#18. Network and computer systems administrators

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $87,580
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,120

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)

#17. Mechanical engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $87,920
- #209 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

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)

#16. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $88,000
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#15. Aerospace engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $91,960
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#14. Industrial engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $93,240
- #143 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,640

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)

#13. Computer systems analysts

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $93,690
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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)

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

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $95,320
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#11. Materials engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $95,430
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#10. Chemical engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $97,410
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#9. Software developers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $97,860
- #251 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,310

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)

#8. Computer hardware engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $98,500
- #84 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#7. Information security analysts

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $99,440
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#6. Data scientists

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $99,550
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#5. Electrical engineers

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $100,850
- #151 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $103,470
- #99 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)

#3. Database architects

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $104,150
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $107,070
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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. Actuaries

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Annual mean salary: $112,640
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

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