Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Asheville

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Asheville, NC 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. Surveying and mapping technicians

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $42,580
- #248 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 56,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($84,710)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($77,840)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,960)

#29. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $48,160
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,000
- Employment: 64,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)

#28. Computer user support specialists

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,630
- #313 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)

#27. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $51,790
- #221 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#26. Web and digital interface designers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $54,810
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#25. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $54,950
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#24. Mechanical drafters

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,180
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#23. Architectural and civil drafters

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,270
- #179 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,620
- Employment: 101,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC ($76,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,700)
--- Anchorage, AK ($75,650)

#22. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,770
- #287 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#21. Landscape architects

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,340
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#20. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,000
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#19. Database architects

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $68,640
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#18. Database administrators

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $70,880
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Computer network support specialists

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $72,110
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#16. Web developers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $72,680
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#15. Surveyors

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $72,910
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#14. Network and computer systems administrators

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $74,330
- #349 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#13. Mechanical engineers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $81,760
- #327 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $83,750
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#11. Industrial engineers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $85,650
- #276 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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)

#10. Architects, except landscape and naval

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $85,670
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#9. Civil engineers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $86,490
- #257 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#8. Computer systems analysts

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $88,520
- #222 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#7. Environmental engineers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,130
- #133 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#6. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,270
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#5. Computer programmers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,690
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#4. Information security analysts

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,290
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#3. Software developers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $95,410
- #289 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#2. Electrical engineers

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $95,560
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#1. Computer network architects

Asheville, NC
- Annual mean salary: $99,170
- #194 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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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