15 Series · SOC 15-1241

Computer Network Architects

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$130,390

per year

Median Hourly

$62.69/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$135,890

average

Employment

177,010

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$79,520$102,120$130,390$164,440$198,030
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$38.23$49.10$62.69$79.06$95.21
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$79,520

25th Percentile

$102,120

Median

$130,390

75th Percentile

$164,440

90th Percentile

$198,030

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Washington $155,890 2. South Dakota $149,300 3. Virginia $148,080 4. New Jersey $147,650 5. Maryland $143,260

Lowest Paying States

47. Puerto Rico $61,430 48. Mississippi $95,710 49. Wyoming $97,510 50. Kansas $100,910 51. Montana $101,240
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $155,890 +20% above national
2 South Dakota $149,300 +15% above national
3 Virginia $148,080 +14% above national
4 New Jersey $147,650 +13% above national
5 Maryland $143,260 +10% above national
6 District of Columbia $140,050 +7% above national
7 California $138,350 +6% above national
8 Massachusetts $136,930 +5% above national
9 New York $136,230 +4% above national
10 Colorado $134,680 +3% above national
11 Connecticut $134,150 +3% above national
12 New Hampshire $133,100 +2% above national
13 Illinois $132,310 +1% above national
14 Georgia $132,300 +1% above national
15 Nevada $132,080 +1% above national
16 Oregon $130,810 same as national
17 Florida $130,320 same as national
18 Texas $129,110 1% below national
19 Utah $128,990 1% below national
20 Alabama $128,210 2% below national
21 Delaware $127,970 2% below national
22 Minnesota $126,680 3% below national
23 North Carolina $126,000 3% below national
24 Rhode Island $125,140 4% below national
25 Arizona $124,700 4% below national
26 Ohio $124,520 5% below national
27 Wisconsin $121,060 7% below national
28 Pennsylvania $120,420 8% below national
29 Idaho $119,110 9% below national
30 Michigan $117,330 10% below national
31 Tennessee $115,930 11% below national
32 Hawaii $114,590 12% below national
33 New Mexico $113,070 13% below national
34 South Carolina $112,850 13% below national
35 Alaska $112,560 14% below national
36 Maine $111,320 15% below national
37 Arkansas $109,900 16% below national
38 Nebraska $109,590 16% below national
39 North Dakota $109,150 16% below national
40 Missouri $108,480 17% below national
41 Indiana $107,770 17% below national
42 Iowa $107,060 18% below national
43 Kentucky $106,990 18% below national
44 Oklahoma $105,180 19% below national
45 Louisiana $103,880 20% below national
46 West Virginia $103,350 21% below national
47 Montana $101,240 22% below national
48 Kansas $100,910 23% below national
49 Wyoming $97,510 25% below national
50 Mississippi $95,710 27% below national
51 Puerto Rico $61,430 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $174,120 2. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $172,280 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $166,880 4. Rochester, MN $163,920 5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $163,570

Lowest Paying Metros

327. Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,250 328. Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,260 329. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $62,850 330. Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $73,180 331. South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $73,480
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $174,120 +34% above national
2 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $172,280 +32% above national
3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $166,880 +28% above national
4 Rochester, MN $163,920 +26% above national
5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $163,570 +25% above national
6 Boulder, CO $162,320 +24% above national
7 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $160,520 +23% above national
8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $155,480 +19% above national
9 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $153,820 +18% above national
10 Rapid City, SD $150,370 +15% above national
11 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $149,380 +15% above national
12 Logan, UT-ID $146,360 +12% above national
13 Sheboygan, WI $144,460 +11% above national
14 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $144,160 +11% above national
15 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $143,820 +10% above national
16 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $143,260 +10% above national
17 Bloomington, IL $143,200 +10% above national
18 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $142,290 +9% above national
19 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $141,020 +8% above national
20 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $140,760 +8% above national
21 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $139,380 +7% above national
22 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $139,220 +7% above national
23 Medford, OR $138,890 +7% above national
24 Greeley, CO $138,790 +6% above national
25 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $138,440 +6% above national
26 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $138,390 +6% above national
27 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $137,910 +6% above national
28 Binghamton, NY $137,590 +6% above national
29 Kennewick-Richland, WA $137,080 +5% above national
30 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $136,920 +5% above national
31 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $136,160 +4% above national
32 Colorado Springs, CO $135,950 +4% above national
33 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $135,250 +4% above national
34 Reno, NV $135,050 +4% above national
35 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $134,880 +3% above national
36 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $134,040 +3% above national
37 New Haven, CT $133,040 +2% above national
38 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $132,870 +2% above national
39 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $132,810 +2% above national
40 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $132,790 +2% above national
41 Salem, OR $132,660 +2% above national
42 Gainesville, GA $132,570 +2% above national
43 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $132,420 +2% above national
44 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $132,370 +2% above national
45 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $131,630 +1% above national
46 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $131,200 +1% above national
47 Corvallis, OR $131,150 +1% above national
48 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $131,030 same as national
49 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $130,880 same as national
50 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $130,810 same as national
51 Idaho Falls, ID $130,690 same as national
52 Huntsville, AL $130,660 same as national
53 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $130,570 same as national
54 Salisbury, MD $130,290 same as national
55 Erie, PA $130,000 same as national
56 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $129,740 same as national
57 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $129,640 1% below national
58 Springfield, IL $129,620 1% below national
59 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $129,600 1% below national
60 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $129,520 1% below national
61 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $129,470 1% below national
62 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $129,390 1% below national
63 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $129,360 1% below national
64 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $129,350 1% below national
65 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $129,250 1% below national
66 Richmond, VA $129,180 1% below national
67 Jacksonville, FL $129,070 1% below national
68 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $128,990 1% below national
69 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $128,910 1% below national
70 Kenosha, WI $128,820 1% below national
71 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $128,720 1% below national
72 Decatur, AL $128,660 1% below national
73 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $128,630 1% below national
74 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $128,480 1% below national
75 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $128,450 1% below national
76 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $128,410 2% below national
77 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $127,950 2% below national
78 Birmingham, AL $127,850 2% below national
79 Ann Arbor, MI $127,830 2% below national
80 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $127,730 2% below national
81 Auburn-Opelika, AL $127,590 2% below national
82 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $127,210 2% below national
83 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $127,020 3% below national
84 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $126,950 3% below national
85 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $126,900 3% below national
86 Columbus, OH $126,850 3% below national
87 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $126,530 3% below national
88 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $126,500 3% below national
89 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $125,960 3% below national
90 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $125,820 4% below national
91 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $125,510 4% below national
92 Midland, TX $125,350 4% below national
93 Cleveland, OH $125,280 4% below national
94 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $125,150 4% below national
95 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $125,080 4% below national
96 Lexington Park, MD $124,760 4% below national
97 Fort Smith, AR-OK $124,680 4% below national
98 Springfield, MA $124,620 4% below national
99 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $124,370 5% below national
100 Lynchburg, VA $124,190 5% below national
101 Naples-Marco Island, FL $124,160 5% below national
102 Savannah, GA $123,860 5% below national
103 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $123,770 5% below national
104 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $123,710 5% below national
105 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $123,680 5% below national
106 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $123,520 5% below national
107 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $123,160 6% below national
108 Manchester-Nashua, NH $123,080 6% below national
109 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $122,700 6% below national
110 Winchester, VA-WV $122,640 6% below national
111 Tallahassee, FL $122,620 6% below national
112 Worcester, MA $122,580 6% below national
113 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $122,550 6% below national
114 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $122,500 6% below national
115 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $122,280 6% below national
116 St. Louis, MO-IL $122,130 6% below national
117 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $121,620 7% below national
118 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $121,520 7% below national
119 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $121,520 7% below national
120 Toledo, OH $121,320 7% below national
121 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $121,080 7% below national
122 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $120,600 8% below national
123 Gainesville, FL $120,220 8% below national
124 Peoria, IL $120,110 8% below national
125 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $120,020 8% below national
126 Jackson, TN $119,950 8% below national
127 College Station-Bryan, TX $119,880 8% below national
128 Waco, TX $119,820 8% below national
129 Knoxville, TN $119,670 8% below national
130 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $119,600 8% below national
131 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $119,460 8% below national
132 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $119,450 8% below national
133 Lexington-Fayette, KY $119,360 8% below national
134 Charlottesville, VA $119,220 9% below national
135 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $119,170 9% below national
136 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $119,100 9% below national
137 Greensboro-High Point, NC $118,990 9% below national
138 Twin Falls, ID $118,900 9% below national
139 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $118,810 9% below national
140 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $118,720 9% below national
141 Stockton-Lodi, CA $118,600 9% below national
142 Pittsburgh, PA $117,850 10% below national
143 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $117,710 10% below national
144 Columbia, SC $117,690 10% below national
145 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $117,680 10% below national
146 Wausau, WI $117,640 10% below national
147 Killeen-Temple, TX $117,630 10% below national
148 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $117,110 10% below national
149 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $116,990 10% below national
150 Fayetteville, NC $116,990 10% below national
151 Winston-Salem, NC $116,950 10% below national
152 Grand Junction, CO $116,600 11% below national
153 Madison, WI $116,590 11% below national
154 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $116,170 11% below national
155 Napa, CA $116,070 11% below national
156 Akron, OH $115,880 11% below national
157 Fargo, ND-MN $115,780 11% below national
158 Syracuse, NY $115,600 11% below national
159 Iowa City, IA $115,320 12% below national
160 Anchorage, AK $115,120 12% below national
161 Omaha, NE-IA $114,990 12% below national
162 Eugene-Springfield, OR $114,810 12% below national
163 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $114,700 12% below national
164 Bozeman, MT $114,600 12% below national
165 Urban Honolulu, HI $114,590 12% below national
166 Pueblo, CO $114,540 12% below national
167 Raleigh-Cary, NC $114,400 12% below national
168 Ogden, UT $114,140 12% below national
169 Columbus, GA-AL $113,850 13% below national
170 Duluth, MN-WI $113,850 13% below national
171 Bismarck, ND $113,810 13% below national
172 Albuquerque, NM $113,070 13% below national
173 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $112,760 14% below national
174 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $112,640 14% below national
175 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $112,580 14% below national
176 Port St. Lucie, FL $112,500 14% below national
177 Reading, PA $112,390 14% below national
178 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $112,200 14% below national
179 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $112,000 14% below national
180 Rochester, NY $111,280 15% below national
181 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $110,960 15% below national
182 Lancaster, PA $110,710 15% below national
183 Boise City, ID $110,500 15% below national
184 Kansas City, MO-KS $110,480 15% below national
185 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $110,280 15% below national
186 Clarksville, TN-KY $110,100 16% below national
187 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $109,800 16% below national
188 Columbus, IN $109,690 16% below national
189 Macon-Bibb County, GA $109,580 16% below national
190 Asheville, NC $109,300 16% below national
191 Mobile, AL $109,270 16% below national
192 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $108,990 16% below national
193 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $108,910 16% below national
194 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $108,880 16% below national
195 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $108,590 17% below national
196 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $108,240 17% below national
197 Champaign-Urbana, IL $108,230 17% below national
198 Janesville-Beloit, WI $108,060 17% below national
199 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $107,930 17% below national
200 Tuscaloosa, AL $107,700 17% below national
201 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $107,620 17% below national
202 Wilmington, NC $107,570 18% below national
203 Lincoln, NE $107,400 18% below national
204 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $107,340 18% below national
205 Bend, OR $107,300 18% below national
206 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $106,870 18% below national
207 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $106,740 18% below national
208 Tulsa, OK $106,710 18% below national
209 Canton-Massillon, OH $106,700 18% below national
210 Chattanooga, TN-GA $106,320 18% below national
211 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $106,300 18% below national
212 Missoula, MT $106,000 19% below national
213 Columbia, MO $105,920 19% below national
214 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $105,890 19% below national
215 Oklahoma City, OK $105,560 19% below national
216 Tucson, AZ $105,490 19% below national
217 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $105,460 19% below national
218 Ithaca, NY $105,410 19% below national
219 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $105,160 19% below national
220 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $105,060 19% below national
221 Baton Rouge, LA $104,990 19% below national
222 Portland-South Portland, ME $104,950 20% below national
223 Greenville, NC $104,730 20% below national
224 Johnson City, TN $104,600 20% below national
225 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $104,500 20% below national
226 Utica-Rome, NY $104,470 20% below national
227 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $104,460 20% below national
228 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $104,310 20% below national
229 Traverse City, MI $104,300 20% below national
230 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $104,200 20% below national
231 Montgomery, AL $103,970 20% below national
232 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $103,700 20% below national
233 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $103,550 21% below national
234 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $103,460 21% below national
235 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $103,030 21% below national
236 Coeur d'Alene, ID $102,910 21% below national
237 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $102,870 21% below national
238 Youngstown-Warren, OH $102,690 21% below national
239 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $102,300 22% below national
240 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $102,290 22% below national
241 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $102,050 22% below national
242 Topeka, KS $101,920 22% below national
243 Billings, MT $101,760 22% below national
244 Salinas, CA $101,740 22% below national
245 Evansville, IN $101,620 22% below national
246 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $101,480 22% below national
247 Lafayette, LA $101,410 22% below national
248 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $100,930 23% below national
249 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $100,930 23% below national
250 El Paso, TX $100,820 23% below national
251 Lubbock, TX $100,790 23% below national
252 Eau Claire, WI $100,760 23% below national
253 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $100,710 23% below national
254 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $100,300 23% below national
255 Appleton, WI $100,290 23% below national
256 Bangor, ME $100,140 23% below national
257 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $100,060 23% below national
258 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $100,030 23% below national
259 Vallejo, CA $99,960 23% below national
260 Joplin, MO-KS $99,930 23% below national
261 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $99,830 23% below national
262 Ames, IA $99,740 24% below national
263 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $99,480 24% below national
264 Johnstown, PA $99,120 24% below national
265 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $98,960 24% below national
266 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $98,840 24% below national
267 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $98,810 24% below national
268 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $98,630 24% below national
269 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $98,570 24% below national
270 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $98,530 24% below national
271 Charleston, WV $98,480 24% below national
272 State College, PA $98,400 25% below national
273 Helena, MT $98,380 25% below national
274 Warner Robins, GA $98,350 25% below national
275 Roanoke, VA $98,040 25% below national
276 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $98,000 25% below national
277 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $97,930 25% below national
278 Fresno, CA $97,760 25% below national
279 Green Bay, WI $97,530 25% below national
280 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $97,460 25% below national
281 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $97,410 25% below national
282 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $97,380 25% below national
283 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $97,320 25% below national
284 York-Hanover, PA $97,260 25% below national
285 Tyler, TX $96,890 26% below national
286 Jackson, MS $96,670 26% below national
287 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $96,660 26% below national
288 Dothan, AL $96,570 26% below national
289 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $96,400 26% below national
290 Cedar Rapids, IA $96,320 26% below national
291 Saginaw, MI $96,280 26% below national
292 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $96,020 26% below national
293 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $95,920 26% below national