Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Durham

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Durham-Chapel Hill, 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. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $74,280
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#29. Web developers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $80,320
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#28. Surveyors

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $86,060
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#27. Civil engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $87,450
- #227 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 570

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)

#26. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $93,690
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#25. Architects, except landscape and naval

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,480
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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. Mechanical engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $96,000
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)

#23. Web and digital interface designers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $96,790
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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. Computer systems analysts

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $98,770
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,990

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)

#20 (tie). Network and computer systems administrators

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $99,860
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 910

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)

#20 (tie). Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $99,860
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,010

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. Operations research analysts

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $104,670
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#18. Chemical engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $104,690
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#17. Database administrators

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,190
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#16. Industrial engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,960
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 800

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)

#15. Computer programmers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $107,660
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 730

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)

#14. Electrical engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $108,910
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 470

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)

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

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $109,130
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#12. Environmental engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $110,510
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#11. Materials engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $110,580
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Data scientists

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $115,080
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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. Actuaries

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $115,620
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#8. Statisticians

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $117,440
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

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)

#7. Information security analysts

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $117,870
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 720

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $118,080
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

#5. Database architects

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $120,040
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#4. Software developers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $120,980
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 8,260

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)

#3. Computer and information research scientists

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $122,420
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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. Computer network architects

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $123,940
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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. Computer hardware engineers

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Annual mean salary: $128,990
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

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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