Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Winston-Salem

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Winston-Salem, 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. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,200
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#29. Computer user support specialists

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,570
- #214 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 940

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)

#28. Architectural and civil drafters

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,150
- #187 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#27. Mechanical drafters

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,260
- #145 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#26. Calibration technologists and technicians

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,860
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,800
- Employment: 8,500
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($92,210)
--- Boulder, CO ($85,940)
--- Midland, TX ($80,990)

#25. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $58,080
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#24. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $60,070
- #241 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#23. Web and digital interface designers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $61,990
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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. Surveyors

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $68,240
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#21. Computer network support specialists

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $77,510
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#20. Web developers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $81,030
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#19. Industrial engineers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $83,750
- #323 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670

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. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $85,270
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#17. Civil engineers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $85,430
- #289 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#16. Network and computer systems administrators

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $86,590
- #103 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#15. Electronics engineers, except computer

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $88,310
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#14. Mechanical engineers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,730
- #176 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 690

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)

#13. Statisticians

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,600
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#12. Computer programmers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $93,610
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#11. Computer systems analysts

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,010
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,030

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)

#10. Architects, except landscape and naval

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,080
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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. Data scientists

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $96,520
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#8. Database architects

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $96,860
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $98,380
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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. Database administrators

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $99,040
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#5. Electrical engineers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $99,130
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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. Computer network architects

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $104,940
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#3. Operations research analysts

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,440
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#2. Software developers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $109,740
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,490

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)

#1. Environmental engineers

Winston-Salem, NC
- Annual mean salary: $111,630
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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