Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Lynchburg

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Lynchburg, VA 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.

#27. Surveying and mapping technicians

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $40,380
- #288 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)

#26. Architectural and civil drafters

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $48,050
- #337 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#25. Computer user support specialists

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $48,720
- #345 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#24. Computer network support specialists

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $48,910
- #425 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,350
- Employment: 176,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,120)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($93,670)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($92,190)

#23. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $51,830
- #205 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,000
- Employment: 64,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)

#22. Mechanical drafters

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $54,570
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#21. Surveyors

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $58,030
- #228 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#20. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $59,290
- #249 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#19. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $62,780
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#18. Computer programmers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $76,700
- #220 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#17. Web developers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $77,530
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#16. Database administrators

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $77,890
- #181 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)

#15. Architects, except landscape and naval

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $81,250
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#14. Mechanical engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $82,720
- #307 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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. Network and computer systems administrators

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $84,890
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#12. Civil engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $88,040
- #213 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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. Computer systems analysts

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $88,140
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#10. Operations research analysts

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $90,500
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#9. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $92,060
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#8. Electrical engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $92,170
- #301 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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. Electronics engineers, except computer

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $92,450
- #167 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)

#6. Industrial engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $100,580
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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)

#5. Software developers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $101,330
- #191 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

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)

#4. Information security analysts

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $103,580
- #66 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)

#3. Nuclear engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $103,740
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#2. Computer network architects

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $107,180
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#1. Computer hardware engineers

Lynchburg, VA
- Annual mean salary: $117,730
- #40 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)

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