Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Spokane

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

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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. Architectural and civil drafters

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $55,640
- #167 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#29. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $56,600
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#28. Landscape architects

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $59,440
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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 engineering technologists and technicians

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $61,020
- #79 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,390
- Employment: 40,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($112,580)
--- New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($91,550)
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($90,200)

#26. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $64,930
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#25. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $65,290
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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. Web and digital interface designers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $68,290
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#23. Cartographers and photogrammetrists

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $70,890
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#22. Operations research analysts

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $72,880
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#21. Computer network support specialists

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $73,040
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#20. Web developers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $73,480
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#19. Computer programmers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $75,120
- #233 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#18. Surveyors

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $77,460
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#17. Network and computer systems administrators

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $83,990
- #145 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#16. Database administrators

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $84,070
- #138 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $84,250
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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. Civil engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $85,020
- #300 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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. Mechanical engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $85,830
- #252 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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)

#12. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $88,300
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#11. Computer systems analysts

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $89,570
- #204 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

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. Environmental engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $90,970
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#9. Industrial engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $95,240
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#8. Information security analysts

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $100,370
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#7. Electrical engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $104,700
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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. Computer hardware engineers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $109,480
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#5. Computer network architects

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $109,550
- #103 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#4. Software developers

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $110,440
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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)

#3. Electronics engineers, except computer

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $112,400
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#2. Data scientists

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $115,190
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#1. Database architects

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Annual mean salary: $116,240
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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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