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Computer and Mathematical jobs: what they pay

$120,080avg. a year
$57.73 an hour · 5,260,110 employed in the U.S.

National average and median pay for 21 computer and mathematical jobs, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Open a job to see pay in every state and large metro area.

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Top-paying computer and mathematical jobs

Average annual U.S. pay, May 2025

21 computer and mathematical jobs

JobAvg. payMedianJobs
Software Developers$148,100$135,9801,687,890
Computer User Support Specialists$67,330$61,860717,190
Computer Systems Analysts$114,610$105,850519,530
Computer Occupations, All Other$122,230$116,580435,370
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$103,680$99,130314,340
Data Scientists$126,800$120,230262,440
Information Security Analysts$132,510$129,180190,650
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$111,490$104,300186,740
Computer Network Architects$139,580$134,050179,740
Computer Network Support Specialists$81,870$76,220146,190
Web and Digital Interface Designers$117,490$104,000113,330
Operations Research Analysts$99,730$88,940108,510
Computer Programmers$105,170$100,39092,230
Web Developers$98,770$92,65070,190
Database Administrators$110,090$104,62069,990
Database Architects$144,440$139,50067,140
Computer and Information Research Scientists$153,930$140,30037,200
Statisticians$115,700$105,65029,030
Actuaries$141,480$130,00026,670
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other$91,550$81,4903,720
Mathematicians$129,260$126,7102,030

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Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
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Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.