Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Portsmouth

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Portsmouth, NH-ME 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.

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#28. Surveying and mapping technicians

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $51,890
- #84 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

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#27. Architectural and civil drafters

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $57,980
- #118 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

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#26. Computer user support specialists

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $61,000
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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)

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#25. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $68,140
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

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#23. Surveyors

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $72,630
- #56 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)

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#22. Computer programmers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $74,760
- #237 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

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#21. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $77,520
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

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#20. Web developers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $78,450
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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#19. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $82,670
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

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#18. Web and digital interface designers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $85,110
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

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#17. Database administrators

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $90,200
- #96 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)

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#16. Network and computer systems administrators

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $90,940
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

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#15. Civil engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $91,070
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

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#14. Electronics engineers, except computer

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $92,750
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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#13. Mechanical engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $94,410
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

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#12. Data scientists

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $96,250
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

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#11. Industrial engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $97,220
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

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#10. Environmental engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $99,230
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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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#9. Nuclear engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $100,640
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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)

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#8. Architects, except landscape and naval

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $101,250
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

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#7. Electrical engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $104,150
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

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#6. Computer systems analysts

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $106,140
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

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#5. Information security analysts

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $109,880
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

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#4. Software developers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $111,850
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 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)

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#2. Database architects

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $126,970
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

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#1. Computer hardware engineers

Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $128,250
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)