Highest-paying Cities for Computer Network Architects

The top 100 highest paying cities for computer network architects (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of computer network architects in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $175,670, Dover-Durham, New Hampshire is the highest paying city for computer network architects. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $146,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of computer network architects in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Computer Network Architects

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$175,670	$134,860	30
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$146,640	$64,950	3,740
3	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$134,780	$82,570	2,940
4	Wilmington, New Jersey	$134,530	$80,050	600
5	Missoula, Montana	$134,460	$67,970	n/a
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$133,280	$70,430	2,630
7	Peoria, Illinois	$133,260	$67,810	100
8	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$129,880	$76,140	5,720
9	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$129,110	$69,650	1,480
10	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$128,500	$72,850	240
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$126,830	$89,620	320
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$126,680	$69,830	3,890
13	New Haven, Connecticut	$126,630	$85,750	120
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$126,250	$68,330	9,800
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$125,430	$78,980	3,330
16	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$124,510	$70,400	1,520
17	Montgomery, Alabama	$124,200	$79,860	150
18	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$123,870	$41,530	10,370
19	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$123,310	$69,920	1,980
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$122,200	$62,890	680
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$122,100	$78,590	5,590
22	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$122,010	$53,410	2,150
23	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$121,960	$81,520	480
24	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$121,960	$74,990	440
25	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$121,810	$84,200	2,160
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$121,360	$72,660	8,770
27	Winchester, West Virginia	$120,380	$63,960	n/a
28	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$119,780	$63,530	370
29	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$118,900	$66,930	640
30	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$118,660	$72,670	4,920
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$118,160	$72,690	4,050
32	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$118,120	$91,030	60
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$118,110	$74,560	4,530
34	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$117,550	$51,390	1,530
35	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$117,510	$69,480	4,860
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$117,400	$67,780	4,620
37	Columbus, Georgia	$117,360	$62,480	100
38	Manchester, New Hampshire	$117,230	$76,920	50
39	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$116,480	$74,560	710
40	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$116,030	$72,590	190
41	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$115,890	$99,610	40
42	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$115,740	$71,790	130
43	Abilene, Texas	$115,730	$67,670	n/a
44	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$115,570	$62,950	5,340
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$115,570	$77,560	4,750
46	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$114,700	$61,910	2,810
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$114,520	$64,630	3,100
48	Rapid City, South Dakota	$114,510	$84,100	n/a
49	Springfield, Illinois	$114,490	$70,880	40
50	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$114,270	$63,380	2,150
51	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$114,260	$78,240	890
52	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$113,760	$80,230	30
53	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$113,600	$69,150	70
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$113,580	$59,300	4,630
55	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$113,160	$64,470	4,050
56	Dalton, Georgia	$113,000	$84,510	40
57	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$112,970	$52,490	40
58	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$112,800	$67,800	1,870
59	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$112,680	$62,610	30
60	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$112,270	$38,390	80
61	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$112,050	$81,350	280
62	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$111,810	$56,440	160
63	Topeka, Kansas	$111,690	$72,470	50
64	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$111,480	$70,480	4,420
65	Charleston, West Virginia	$111,460	$44,690	60
66	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$111,380	$46,130	190
67	Nashua, New Hampshire	$111,090	$68,680	130
68	Warner Robins, Georgia	$110,540	$85,570	n/a
69	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$110,530	$69,850	50
70	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$110,350	$59,630	50
71	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$110,270	$66,330	4,090
72	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$110,080	$76,920	2,760
73	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$110,030	$69,250	690
74	Bloomington, Illinois	$109,670	$70,810	50
75	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$109,650	$54,810	350
76	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$109,640	$69,880	110
77	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$109,560	$61,520	1,760
78	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$109,520	$85,320	30
79	Provo-Orem, Utah	$109,280	$67,390	180
80	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$109,270	$81,110	40
81	Fresno, California	$108,940	$61,520	60
82	Flagstaff, Arizona	$108,010	$50,610	40
83	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$107,860	$57,010	150
84	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$107,780	$79,750	390
85	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$107,600	$64,290	90
86	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$107,500	$65,030	1,050
87	Memphis, Tennessee	$107,180	$56,600	400
88	St Cloud, Minnesota	$107,010	$70,100	50
89	St Louis, Missouri	$107,010	$67,710	1,580
90	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$106,460	$70,440	1,050
91	Richmond, Virginia	$106,340	$68,170	1,000
92	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$105,740	$69,630	n/a
93	Columbus, Ohio	$105,490	$68,440	1,600
94	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$105,460	$56,740	30
95	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$105,440	$55,760	110
96	Huntsville, Alabama	$105,390	$70,970	300
97	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$105,310	$67,710	430
98	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$105,250	$61,340	50
99	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$104,830	$55,750	1,070
100	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$104,700	$62,550	170

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for computer network architects.