Highest-paying Cities for Network and Computer Systems Administrators

The top 100 highest paying cities for network and computer systems administrators (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 network and computer systems administrators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,570, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for network and computer systems administrators. It is followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California (average annual salary $107,100). 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 network and computer systems administrators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$107,570	$68,220	5,830
2	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$107,100	$61,510	4,740
3	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$104,540	$66,540	8,380
4	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$103,100	$56,380	3,490
5	Burlington, North Carolina	$101,840	$55,370	170
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$101,620	$60,300	1,020
7	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$100,690	$62,270	630
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,370	$62,960	7,400
9	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$99,460	$62,770	480
10	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$98,730	$61,640	3,730
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$98,390	$60,650	20,230
12	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$98,120	$72,740	260
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$97,980	$63,130	16,800
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$96,340	$57,730	28,220
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$96,060	$63,100	6,560
16	Ithaca, New York	$95,880	$63,870	220
17	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$94,790	$59,000	6,400
18	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$93,890	$52,640	320
19	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$93,760	$65,480	1,280
20	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$93,470	$59,180	8,140
21	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$93,160	$62,470	3,470
22	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$93,070	$60,870	1,660
23	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$92,120	$55,180	10,080
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,660	$60,240	5,960
25	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$91,150	$60,540	2,850
26	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$91,140	$57,650	80
27	Boulder, Colorado	$90,860	$56,490	920
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$90,750	$54,110	13,220
29	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$90,580	$53,880	40
30	Salinas, California	$90,310	$57,560	130
31	Visalia-Porterville, California	$90,090	$52,700	110
32	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$89,590	$55,960	2,630
33	Danbury, Connecticut	$89,500	$62,930	110
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$89,470	$49,460	9,850
35	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$89,330	$54,570	15,270
36	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$89,230	$56,310	13,000
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$89,160	$59,040	8,000
38	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$89,140	$60,900	170
39	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$89,120	$60,090	120
40	St Louis, Missouri	$88,950	$56,600	4,060
41	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$88,640	$55,640	280
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$88,560	$55,500	9,460
43	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$88,340	$51,670	300
44	St Marys County, Maryland	$87,920	$53,300	360
45	Brunswick, Georgia	$87,340	$56,520	60
46	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$87,200	$50,800	510
47	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$87,180	$59,140	1,840
48	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$86,790	$49,150	30
49	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$86,710	$51,960	8,110
50	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$86,600	$52,140	4,540
51	Stockton, California	$86,540	$54,910	210
52	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	$86,120	$63,110	70
53	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$85,930	$54,000	5,070
54	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$85,660	$53,110	210
55	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$85,470	$57,910	3,010
56	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$85,460	$55,310	100
57	Merced, California	$85,350	$61,430	140
58	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$85,340	$56,800	6,170
59	Rockford, Illinois	$85,320	$56,170	170
60	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$85,200	$63,710	3,290
61	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$84,890	$56,660	90
62	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$84,840	$58,060	1,120
63	Manchester, New Hampshire	$84,720	$61,140	460
64	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$84,410	$63,490	670
65	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$84,320	$54,100	2,010
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$84,260	$53,920	9,710
67	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$84,020	$23,750	60
68	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$84,010	$51,670	180
69	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$84,000	$54,700	7,470
70	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$83,900	$46,710	70
71	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$83,680	$58,360	480
72	Richmond, Virginia	$83,640	$53,120	2,220
73	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$83,600	$47,670	530
74	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$83,290	$53,670	680
75	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$83,170	$54,940	1,160
76	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$83,090	$55,610	2,780
77	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$83,080	$52,700	480
78	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$82,950	$52,230	1,090
79	Yuba City, California	$82,910	$51,730	50
80	Madison, Wisconsin	$82,610	$47,420	1,400
81	Charlottesville, Virginia	$82,550	$52,980	280
82	Salem, Oregon	$82,500	$56,150	390
83	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$82,460	$50,950	470
84	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$82,140	$47,840	480
85	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$82,090	$50,310	5,930
86	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$81,840	$55,330	1,060
87	New Haven, Connecticut	$81,770	$56,440	330
88	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$81,670	$50,110	140
89	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$81,650	$49,560	14,560
90	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,630	$56,160	940
91	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$81,580	$56,210	1,000
92	Redding, California	$81,560	$51,650	90
93	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$81,540	$40,610	130
94	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$81,350	$47,450	330
95	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$81,280	$60,830	30
96	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$81,220	$48,330	80
97	Framingham, Massachusetts	$81,160	$58,010	790
98	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$81,010	$49,740	90
99	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$81,010	$54,080	370
100	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$80,990	$59,800	210

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