Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Knoxville

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Knoxville, TN 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. Operations research analysts

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $59,340
- #178 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#29. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $59,500
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,590
- Employment: 14,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($82,240)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($81,340)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($74,280)

#28. Landscape architects

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $61,150
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $74,980
- Employment: 17,430
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,590)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($96,810)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($95,110)

#27. Mechanical drafters

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $61,200
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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. Web developers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $67,900
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#25. Calibration technologists and technicians

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $72,680
- #12 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)

#24. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $78,430
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#23. Data scientists

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $79,340
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#22. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $80,320
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

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)

#21. Network and computer systems administrators

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $81,160
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640

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)

#20. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $83,150
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#19. Architects, except landscape and naval

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $85,270
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#18. Database administrators

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $85,420
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#17. Computer programmers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $88,590
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#16. Computer network architects

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $88,830
- #264 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#15. Materials engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $89,430
- #84 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#14. Civil engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $92,700
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#13. Computer systems analysts

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $94,950
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 830

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)

#12. Aerospace engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $96,460
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#11. Industrial engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $96,660
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 980

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)

#10. Electrical engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $99,730
- #177 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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)

#9. Software developers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $100,030
- #218 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,690

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)

#8. Mechanical engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $100,210
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#7. Information security analysts

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $100,420
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $101,450
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

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

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $105,280
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#4. Database architects

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $109,030
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $115,090
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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. Environmental engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $115,840
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

#1. Nuclear engineers

Knoxville, TN
- Annual mean salary: $125,660
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500

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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