Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in New York City

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December 14, 2022
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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in New York City

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 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. Operations research analysts

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $101,460
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 7,060

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)

#29. Industrial engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $103,790
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 7,690

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)

#28. Architects, except landscape and naval

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $105,790
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,690

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)

#27. Computer programmers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $106,280
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 12,330

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)

#26. Civil engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $106,970
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 14,460

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)

#25. Environmental engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $109,340
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,150

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)

#24. Network and computer systems administrators

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $110,930
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 23,220

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. Electrical engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $111,060
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 7,750

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)

#22. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $111,880
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 720

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)

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

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $112,740
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,310

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 systems analysts

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $116,650
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 24,360

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)

#19. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $118,730
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 13,120

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)

#18. Materials engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $118,860
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

#17. Electronics engineers, except computer

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $118,890
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,150

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)

#16. Database administrators

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $119,470
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,120

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)

#15. Mathematicians

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $119,650
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#14. Web and digital interface designers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $120,270
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 7,680

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)

#13. Aerospace engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $124,420
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 580

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)

#12. Chemical engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $125,560
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960

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)

#11. Statisticians

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $125,860
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,580

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)

#10. Data scientists

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $128,250
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,240

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. Computer hardware engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $130,970
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,220

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)

#8. Software developers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $133,620
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 93,100

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)

#7. Information security analysts

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $134,390
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,250

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)

#6. Nuclear engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $134,530
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $121,760
- Employment: 12,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($153,790)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($143,500)
--- Niles-Benton Harbor, MI ($141,090)

#5. Computer and information research scientists

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $139,170
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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)

#4. Database architects

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $139,830
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,590

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)

#3. Computer network architects

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $140,090
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 12,790

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)

#2. Actuaries

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $144,550
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,870

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)

#1. Petroleum engineers

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Annual mean salary: $214,700
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $145,720
- Employment: 22,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($214,700)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($175,590)
--- Anchorage, AK ($169,650)

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