Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Cleveland

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Cleveland-Elyria, OH 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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#30. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $69,340
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,510
- Employment: 12,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,640)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($104,570)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($92,720)

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#29. Computer programmers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $73,200
- #254 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

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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#28. Web and digital interface designers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $75,160
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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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#27. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $79,140
- #152 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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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#26. Statisticians

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $80,900
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

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#25. Web developers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $81,370
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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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#24. Architects, except landscape and naval

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $82,270
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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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#23. Mechanical engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $86,850
- #233 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,770

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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#22. Data scientists

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $87,400
- #116 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 650

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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#21. Operations research analysts

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $87,440
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 890

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)

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#20. Network and computer systems administrators

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $90,150
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,110

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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#19. Civil engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $90,210
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,440

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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#18. Industrial engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $90,600
- #179 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,690

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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#17. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $91,240
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

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#16. Database administrators

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $91,260
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 650

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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#15. Materials engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $92,830
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

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#14. Computer systems analysts

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $95,190
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,310

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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#13. Electrical engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $95,770
- #241 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,180

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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#12. Electronics engineers, except computer

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $96,620
- #134 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 580

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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#11. Information security analysts

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $97,560
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 800

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

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $97,860
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

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#9. Chemical engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $103,700
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

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#8. Software developers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $104,430
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 9,190

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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#7. Database architects

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $104,700
- #81 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)

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#6. Computer hardware engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $106,250
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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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#4. Actuaries

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $111,660
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

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#3. Computer and information research scientists

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $113,550
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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#2. Environmental engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $115,270
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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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#1. Aerospace engineers

Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Annual mean salary: $123,860
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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)