Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Tulsa

Written by:
December 14, 2022
Roman Samborskyi // Shutterstock

Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Tulsa

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Tulsa, OK 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. Mechanical drafters

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $64,910
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

#29. Electrical and electronics drafters

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $65,800
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,090
- Employment: 20,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,380)
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($86,920)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($83,760)

#28. Computer network support specialists

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $67,360
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)

#27. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $69,030
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#26. Surveyors

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $70,190
- #70 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#25. Calibration technologists and technicians

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $70,320
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#24. Materials engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $74,150
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#23. Architects, except landscape and naval

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $75,130
- #216 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#22. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $78,000
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#21. Computer programmers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $79,500
- #194 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

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)

#20. Network and computer systems administrators

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $80,210
- #208 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

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)

#19. Database administrators

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $80,720
- #167 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#18. Computer systems analysts

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $86,960
- #246 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,100

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)

#17. Information security analysts

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $87,500
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#16. Electronics engineers, except computer

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $88,410
- #182 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#15. Operations research analysts

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $89,310
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#14. Data scientists

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $90,200
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#13. Mechanical engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $92,380
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 930

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. Industrial engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $93,880
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 890

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)

#11. Civil engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $98,180
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,140

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)

#10. Environmental engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $99,960
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#9. Computer network architects

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $100,010
- #189 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)

#8. Software developers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $101,020
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,920

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

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $102,680
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#6. Electrical engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $103,590
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 650

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)

#5. Aerospace engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $108,280
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

#4. Database architects

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $112,710
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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. Chemical engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $129,220
- #16 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)

#2. Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $139,190
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $100,450
- Employment: 7,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($152,290)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($150,970)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($149,070)

#1. Petroleum engineers

Tulsa, OK
- Annual mean salary: $151,390
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560

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)

Trending Now