Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Raleigh

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Raleigh, 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. Web and digital interface designers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $76,840
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640

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)

#29. Computer network support specialists

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $78,120
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,240

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 developers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $84,800
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 690

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)

#27. Surveyors

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,260
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,610
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $90,800
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

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. Environmental engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,550
- #116 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#23. Mechanical engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,600
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,220

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)

#22. Network and computer systems administrators

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $92,460
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,020

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)

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

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $92,570
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Civil engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $93,840
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,700

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)

#19. Industrial engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,630
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,140

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)

#18. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $97,100
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#17. Nuclear engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $98,800
- #25 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)

#16. Computer programmers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $100,160
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,090

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)

#15. Computer systems analysts

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $101,010
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,130

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)

#14. Database administrators

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $103,470
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

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)

#13. Electrical engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,340
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,470

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)

#12. Actuaries

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,470
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#11. Chemical engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,690
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#10. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $107,720
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,320

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)

#9. Electronics engineers, except computer

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $107,760
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)

#8. Database architects

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $108,280
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#7. Information security analysts

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $112,710
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 780

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. Computer network architects

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $115,190
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,300

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)

#5. Data scientists

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $115,380
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#4. Computer and information research scientists

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $119,840
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#3. Software developers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $121,400
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 13,110

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. Statisticians

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $122,000
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#1. Computer hardware engineers

Raleigh, NC
- Annual mean salary: $122,550
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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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