Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Salt Lake City

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December 14, 2022
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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Salt Lake City

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Salt Lake City, UT 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. Data scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $78,680
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,200

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)

#29. Landscape architects

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $79,150
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#28. Environmental engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $79,200
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

#27. Statisticians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $80,400
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#26. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $82,510
- #116 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)

#25. Web and digital interface designers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $83,480
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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)

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

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $83,690
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

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

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $86,570
- #97 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)

#22. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $86,930
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

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)

#21. Actuaries

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $89,540
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#20. Industrial engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,440
- #150 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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)

#19. Network and computer systems administrators

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,890
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,630

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)

#18. Computer systems analysts

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $93,370
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,600

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. Civil engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $93,760
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,110

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)

#16. Materials engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $94,040
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#15. Database administrators

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $94,610
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 830

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)

#14. Mechanical engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $96,880
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,450

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)

#13. Architects, except landscape and naval

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $99,530
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 630

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)

#12. Nuclear engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $99,770
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#11. Computer programmers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $99,910
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,620

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)

#10. Information security analysts

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $100,930
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

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)

#9. Computer and information research scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $102,580
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#8. Electrical engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $106,290
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 770

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)

#7. Database architects

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $106,750
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#6. Petroleum engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $107,340
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#5. Electronics engineers, except computer

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $110,760
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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. Computer network architects

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $112,240
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 570

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)

#3. Software developers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $112,370
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 9,860

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)

#2. Aerospace engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $117,140
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#1. Computer hardware engineers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $125,500
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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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