Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Memphis

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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. Web developers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $58,660
- #187 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#29. Web and digital interface designers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $58,820
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#28. Landscape architects

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $59,340
- #76 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. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $60,430
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#26. Electrical and electronics drafters

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $62,250
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#25. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $64,530
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#24. Operations research analysts

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $65,040
- #168 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#23. Surveyors

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $67,190
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#22. Network and computer systems administrators

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $80,910
- #191 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 810

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)

#21. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $81,350
- #133 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 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)

#20. Database administrators

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $81,850
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#19. Computer systems analysts

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $84,080
- #299 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,330

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)

#18. Architects, except landscape and naval

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $85,200
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#17. Industrial engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $85,830
- #269 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,290

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)

#16. Information security analysts

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $87,660
- #185 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)

#15. Data scientists

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $87,840
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#14. Statisticians

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $89,090
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#13. Computer programmers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $89,130
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#12. Civil engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $89,850
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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)

#11. Software developers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $90,740
- #365 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,600

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)

#10. Database architects

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $90,820
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#9. Mechanical engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $95,240
- #105 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)

#8. Computer network architects

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $96,670
- #218 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#7. Electrical engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $99,940
- #172 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)

#6. Environmental engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $100,800
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#5. Electronics engineers, except computer

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $102,680
- #103 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)

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

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $104,670
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#3. Chemical engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $104,760
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $107,220
- #13 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)

#1. Aerospace engineers

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Annual mean salary: $110,150
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

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