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Technology salaries in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

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Technology Headhunters uses BLS OEWS data to answer this pay question. BLS published a median in Charleston-North Charleston, SC for 527 of our roles, covering 33 BLS occupations (May 2025). The highest is AI Engineering Manager, at $167,000.

All-occupation median, Charleston-North Charleston, SC$49,150SOC 00-0000, BLS
All-occupation employment394,170BLS estimate

Several titles share one BLS occupation and show identical figures. Each title's mapping is on its own page.

Annual pay by role in Charleston-North Charleston, SC: AI Engineering Manager: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. AI Engineering Manager: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Business Systems Manager: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Chief AI Officer: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Chief Data Officer / Head of Data: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Chief Data Officer / VP of Data: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Chief Digital Officer: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. CIO: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. CISO: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170. Construction Tech Engineering Manager: 10th percentile $97,180, 25th percentile $120,750, median $167,000, 75th percentile $215,250, 90th percentile $287,170AI Engineering Manager$167,000AI Engineering Manager$167,000Business Systems Manager$167,000Chief AI Officer$167,000Chief Data Officer / Head of Data$167,000Chief Data Officer / VP of Data$167,000Chief Digital Officer$167,000CIO$167,000CISO$167,000Construction Tech Engineering Manager$167,000$80,000$140,000$200,000$260,000$320,000

Chart shows annual pay for the first 10 entries. Band is the 25th to 75th percentile, the thick line is the median, whiskers reach the 10th and 90th percentiles. Every figure is repeated in the table.

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Roles in Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranked by median, May 2025 (annual)
#RoleMedianP25 to P75Employmentvs all occupationsLQ
1AI Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
2AI Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
3Business Systems Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
4Chief AI Officer$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
5Chief Data Officer / Head of Data$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
6Chief Data Officer / VP of Data$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
7Chief Digital Officer$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
8CIO$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
9CISO$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
10Construction Tech Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
11Construction Tech Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
12Construction Technology Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
13Construction Technology Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
14CTO$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
15Data Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
16Data Governance Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
17Deputy CISO / BISO$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
18Director of Construction Technology / Innovation$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
19Director of Data Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
20Director of Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
21Director of Enterprise Applications$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
22Director of Information Security$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
23Director of IT Operations$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
24Embedded Software Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
25Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
26Enterprise Applications Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
27Fintech Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
28Fintech Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
29Head of AI$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
30Head of AI / VP of AI$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
31Head of Data Science$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
32Head of Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
33Head of Infrastructure$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
34Head of Infrastructure / Director of Platform$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
35Health Systems IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
36Infrastructure Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
37IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
38IT Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
39IT Service Management Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
40Machine Learning Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
41Manufacturing IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
42Manufacturing IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
43MSP IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
44MSP Service Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
45Network Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
46NOC Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
47Platform Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
48Procore Construction Technology Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
49Procore Construction Technology Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
50QA Manager / Head of Quality Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
51SaaS Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
52SaaS Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
53Security Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
54Senior Director of Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
55Senior Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
56Senior IT Director$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
57Service Desk Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
58SOC Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
59Software Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
60Solutions Engineering Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
61Startup CTO$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
62SVP of Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
63vCIO / Technology Alignment Manager$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
64VP of Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
65VP of Infrastructure$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
66VP of IT$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
67VP of Platform Engineering$167,000$120,750 to $215,2509403.40x0.55
68Cisco Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
69Cisco Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
70Cloud Architect$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
71Data Center Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
72Data Center Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
73Junior Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
74Juniper Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
75Juniper Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
76Lead Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
77MSP Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
78MSP Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
79Network Architect$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
80Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
81Senior Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
82Solutions Architect$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
83VoIP / Unified Communications Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
84Wireless Network Engineer$137,930$117,490 to $160,3004802.81x1.04
85FPGA Engineer$135,410$107,060 to $136,9904502.76x1.85
86Hardware / Electrical Engineer$133,430$105,980 to $139,9302702.71x1.39
87.NET / C# Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
88.NET / C# Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
89.NET / C# Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
90.NET / C# Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
91.NET / C# Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
92AI Agent Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
93AI Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
94Android Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
95Angular Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
96API / Integration Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
97Associate Software Engineer / Software Engineer I$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
98Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
99C++ Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
100C++ Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
101Cleared Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
102Computer Vision Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
103Computer Vision Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
104Computer Vision Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
105Construction Tech AI Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
106ConTech Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
107Cross-Platform Mobile Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
108Distinguished Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
109Dynamics 365 CE / Power Platform Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
110Elixir Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
111Embedded Linux Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
112Embedded Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
113Financial Services Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
114Financial Services Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
115Fintech AI Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
116Firmware Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
117Flutter Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
118Forward Deployed Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
119Founding Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
120Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
121Go (Golang) Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
122Go Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
123Go Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
124Healthtech Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
125Healthtech Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
126HL7 / FHIR Integration Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
127Hybrid Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
128Implementation Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
129iOS Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
130IoT Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
131Java Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
132Java Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
133Java Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
134Junior Embedded Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
135Junior Software Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
136Lead Embedded Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
137Lead Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
138Lead Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
139LLM / Generative AI Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
140Low-Latency / Trading Systems Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
141Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
142ML Platform / Infrastructure Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
143MLOps Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
144Mobile Architect$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
145Mobile Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
146NetSuite Administrator / Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
147NLP Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
148NLP Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
149Node.js Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
150Node.js Backend Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
151Node.js Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
152Node.js Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
153PHP / Laravel Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
154Principal Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
155Principal Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
156Principal Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
157Product Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
158Public Sector Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
159Public Sector Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
160Python Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
161Python Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
162Python Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
163React Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
164React Native Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
165Recommendation Systems Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
166Recommendation Systems Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
167Remote Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
168Robotics Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
169RPA Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
170Ruby on Rails Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
171Ruby on Rails Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
172Ruby on Rails Full Stack Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
173Rust Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
174SaaS AI Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
175SaaS Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
176Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
177SAP ABAP Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
178Scala Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
179Senior / Staff ML Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
180Senior Android Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
181Senior Embedded Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
182Senior iOS Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
183Senior Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
184Senior Salesforce Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
185Senior Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
186ServiceNow Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
187Software Architect$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
188Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
189Staff and Principal Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
190Staff Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
191Staff Machine Learning Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
192Staff Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
193Tech Lead / Lead Software Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
194TypeScript / JavaScript Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
195Vue.js Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
196Web3 / Blockchain Engineer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
197Workday Integration Developer$132,150$101,880 to $163,7002,0502.69x0.48
198Access Provisioning Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
199Change Coordinator$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
200Chief Architect$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
201CMDB Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
202Computer Operator / Batch Scheduling Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
203Enterprise Architect$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
204GIS Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
205GIS Analyst / GIS Technician$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
206IT Asset Management Specialist$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
207ITSM Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
208ITSM Analyst (incident, problem, change)$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
209Knowledge Management Specialist$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
210Mobility and Telecom Expense Coordinator$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
211Senior IT Asset Management Specialist$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
212Software Asset / Licensing Analyst$131,600$105,970 to $138,9901,5902.68x1.44
213Analytics Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
214AWS Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
215AWS Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
216Big Data Engineer (Spark)$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
217Data Architect$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
218Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
219Data Platform Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
220Data Warehouse Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
221Database Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
222Databricks Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
223Databricks Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
224ETL / ELT Developer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
225Lead Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
226Remote Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
227Senior Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
228Snowflake Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
229Snowflake Data Engineer$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
230Streaming Data Engineer (Kafka / Flink)$129,640$102,250 to $166,5701702.64x0.99
231Applied Scientist$126,860$101,880 to $136,9904002.58x4.22
232Research Engineer$126,860$101,880 to $136,9904002.58x4.22
233Research Scientist$126,860$101,880 to $136,9904002.58x4.22
234Research Scientist / Applied Scientist$126,860$101,880 to $136,9904002.58x4.22
235Associate Solutions Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
236Customer Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
237Director / VP of Solutions Engineering$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
238Lead Solutions Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
239Sales Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
240Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
241Senior Solutions Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
242Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
243Solutions Engineer$124,870$101,520 to $176,590802.54x0.64
244AI Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
245Application Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
246Cloud Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
247Detection Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
248DevSecOps Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
249Fintech Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
250Govtech Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
251Health Systems Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
252IAM Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
253Incident Responder / DFIR Analyst$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
254Incident Response / DFIR$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
255Junior Cybersecurity Analyst$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
256Lead Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
257Malware Analyst / Reverse Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
258OT / ICS Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
259Penetration Tester$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
260Privacy Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
261Product Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
262Red Team Operator$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
263SaaS Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
264Security Architect$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
265Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
266Senior Security Engineer$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
267SOC Analyst$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
268SOC Analyst Tier 1$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
269SOC Analyst Tier 2$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
270SOC Analyst Tier 3$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
271Threat Hunter$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
272Threat Intelligence Analyst$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
273Vulnerability Management Analyst$110,310$85,360 to $139,9404502.24x0.93
274SCADA / Controls Engineer$110,030$82,950 to $137,3405902.24x1.18
275AV Programmer$107,770$99,720 to $135,2501602.19x0.67
276Mainframe / COBOL Developer$107,770$99,720 to $135,2501602.19x0.67
277Programmer Analyst (Application Developer)$107,770$99,720 to $135,2501602.19x0.67
278SQL Developer$107,770$99,720 to $135,2501602.19x0.67
279Business Systems Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
280Construction ERP Administrator (Viewpoint Vista / CMiC / Sage 300 CRE)$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
281Customer Onboarding Specialist$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
282Dynamics 365 F&O Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
283Dynamics 365 F&O Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
284EDI Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
285Epic Application Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
286Epic Bridges / Interface Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
287Epic Clarity / Cogito Report Writer$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
288ERP Support Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
289HRIS Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
290Implementation Manager$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
291Implementation Specialist$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
292Junior Salesforce Administrator$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
293Junior Systems Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
294MES Engineer$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
295Oracle Cloud ERP Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
296Oracle Health (Cerner) Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
297Procore Administrator$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
298Salesforce Administrator$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
299Salesforce Architect$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
300Salesforce Functional Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
301Salesforce Marketing Cloud Specialist$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
302SAP Basis Administrator$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
303SAP S/4HANA Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
304Senior Business Systems Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
305Senior Systems Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
306ServiceNow Administrator$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
307ServiceNow Architect$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
308Systems Analyst$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
309Workday Financials Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
310Workday HCM Consultant$103,300$82,100 to $128,6301,6202.10x1.23
311Accessibility Tester$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
312Fintech QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
313Healthtech QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
314Junior QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
315Lead QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
316Mobile QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
317Performance Test Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
318QA Analyst$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
319QA Automation Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
320QA Automation Engineer / SDET$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
321QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
322QA Tester / Manual QA Tester$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
323SaaS QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
324SDET$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
325Senior QA Engineer$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
326Test Automation Architect$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
327UAT Tester / UAT Coordinator$99,250$86,120 to $127,4602402.02x0.51
328Database Administrator$98,180$80,410 to $125,5701802.00x1.01
329Database Analyst$98,180$80,410 to $125,5701802.00x1.01
330Atlassian (Jira and Confluence) Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
331AWS Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
332AWS DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
333AWS Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
334AWS Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
335Azure Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
336Azure DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
337Azure DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
338Azure Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
339Build and Release Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
340Business Applications / SaaS Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
341Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
342CRM Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
343Developer Experience Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
344DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
345Endpoint Engineer (Intune / Jamf)$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
346ERP Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
347Fintech Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
348GCP Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
349GCP Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
350GCP Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
351GCP Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
352Google Workspace Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
353Govtech Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
354Govtech Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
355Infrastructure Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
356Junior Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
357Kubernetes DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
358Kubernetes DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
359Kubernetes Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
360Linux Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
361Linux Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
362Linux Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
363Microsoft 365 / Windows Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
364Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
365Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
366MSP Escalation Engineer (Tier 3)$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
367MSP Project / Onboarding Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
368MSP Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
369MSP Systems Technician (Tier 2)$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
370Observability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
371Platform Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
372SaaS Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
373Senior Cloud Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
374Senior DevOps Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
375Senior ERP Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
376Senior Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
377Senior Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
378Senior Systems Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
379SharePoint Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
380Site Reliability Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
381Staff Platform Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
382Storage and Backup Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
383Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
384Systems Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
385Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Engineer$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
386UKG (Kronos) Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
387Virtualization Engineer (VMware / Nutanix)$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
388Windows Server Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
389Windows Server Systems Administrator$97,480$75,570 to $124,7907301.98x0.92
390Design Engineer / UX Engineer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
391Design Systems Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
392Interaction Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
393Junior Product Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
394Lead Product Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
395Principal Product Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
396Product Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
397Senior Product Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
398UI Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
399UX Designer$96,190$65,400 to $131,410901.96x0.33
400Agile Coach$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
401Associate IT Project Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
402Associate Technical Program Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
403AV Project Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
404Delivery Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
405Deployment Coordinator$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
406Director of PMO / Head of Delivery$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
407ERP Project Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
408IT Business Analyst$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
409IT PMO Analyst$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
410IT Program Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
411IT Project Coordinator$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
412IT Project Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
413Principal Technical Program Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
414Release Train Engineer (SAFe)$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
415Scrum Master$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
416Scrum Master / Agile Coach$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
417Senior / Principal TPM$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
418Senior Technical Program Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
419Technical Program Manager$94,730$74,410 to $127,5303,5101.93x1.3
420API / Developer Documentation Writer$88,610$76,400 to $106,6801501.80x1.3
421Junior Technical Writer$88,610$76,400 to $106,6801501.80x1.3
422Senior Technical Writer$88,610$76,400 to $106,6801501.80x1.3
423Technical Writer$88,610$76,400 to $106,6801501.80x1.3
424GRC Analyst$86,260$62,070 to $109,3001,1101.76x1.05
425GRC Manager$86,260$62,070 to $109,3001,1101.76x1.05
426Angular Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
427Angular Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
428Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
429TypeScript Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
430TypeScript Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
431Vue.js Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
432Vue.js Frontend Engineer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
433Web Developer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
434WordPress / CMS Developer$82,740$58,670 to $97,020701.68x0.4
435IT Procurement Specialist$82,240$62,620 to $104,6301,3001.67x1.04
436IT Vendor and Contracts Analyst$82,240$62,620 to $104,6301,3001.67x1.04
437Command Center / IT Operations Center Analyst$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
438Network Technician$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
439NOC Analyst (Tier 2)$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
440NOC Engineer$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
441NOC Technician$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
442NOC Technician (Tier 1)$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
443Patch Management Analyst$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
444Senior Network Technician$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
445Senior NOC Analyst$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
446Wireless and DAS Technician$81,990$66,390 to $112,3206901.67x1.86
447Epic Credentialed Trainer$70,680$48,040 to $91,4901,1801.44x1.02
448IT Trainer$70,680$48,040 to $91,4901,1801.44x1.02
449IT Trainer / End User Trainer$70,680$48,040 to $91,4901,1801.44x1.02
450Access Control and Video Surveillance Technician$61,960$47,510 to $77,2301801.26x0.82
451Fiber Optic Technician$59,790$49,660 to $74,0901501.22x0.61
452Lead Cabling Technician / Low Voltage Foreman$59,730$49,910 to $64,2904001.22x1.12
453Structured Cabling / Low Voltage Technician$59,730$49,910 to $64,2904001.22x1.12
454Structured Cabling Technician$59,730$49,910 to $64,2904001.22x1.12
455Telecom / VoIP Technician$59,730$49,910 to $64,2904001.22x1.12
456Application Support Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
457Bilingual Help Desk Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
458Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (English and Spanish)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
459Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
460Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
461Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
462Bilingual Service Desk Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
463Classroom and Instructional Technology Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
464Cleared Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
465Construction Tech IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
466Cybersecurity Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
467Cybersecurity Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
468Data Platforms Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
469Data Platforms Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
470Desktop Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
471Desktop Support Manager / End User Services Manager$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
472Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
473Enterprise Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
474Enterprise Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
475Field Service Engineer (IT hardware, break/fix)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
476Fintech Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
477Go-Live / At-the-Elbow Support Analyst (EHR and ERP)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
478Google Workspace IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
479Google Workspace IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
480Govtech Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
481Health Systems Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
482Health Systems Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
483Healthcare Service Desk Analyst (clinical service desk)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
484Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
485Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
486Help Desk Supervisor / Service Desk Team Lead$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
487Imaging and Deployment Technician (PC refresh, OS upgrades)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
488IT Field Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
489IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
490Jobsite IT Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
491Jobsite IT Technician (construction)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
492Junior Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
493Junior IT Field Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
494Mac and Apple Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
495Mac Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
496Mac Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
497Microsoft 365 Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
498Microsoft 365 IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
499MSP Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
500MSP Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
501MSP Help Desk Technician (Tier 1)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
502MSP IT Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
503MSP Technician (Tier 1 to 2)$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
504POS and Retail Technology Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
505Production Support Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
506Remote Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
507Senior Desktop Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
508Senior IT Field Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
509Senior Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
510Service Desk Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
511Technical Support Engineer$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
512Technical Support Specialist$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
513Tier 3 Support Analyst$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
514Traveling Rollout Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
515VIP / Executive Support Technician$52,590$46,330 to $73,3001,7201.07x0.94
516AV Installation Technician$52,250$48,240 to $80,320901.06x0.52
517AV Technician$52,250$48,240 to $80,320901.06x0.52
518AV Technician and AV Installer$52,250$48,240 to $80,320901.06x0.52
519Lead AV Technician$52,250$48,240 to $80,320901.06x0.52
520Critical Facilities Technician$48,540$41,970 to $61,3804,4600.99x1.15
521Critical Facilities Technician (data center power and cooling)$48,540$41,970 to $61,3804,4600.99x1.15
522Field Service Dispatcher / Field Services Coordinator$48,200$41,600 to $61,7805000.98x0.98
523MSP Service Coordinator / Dispatcher$48,200$41,600 to $61,7805000.98x0.98
524IT Asset Technician (receiving, imaging handoff, ITAD and disposal)$45,290$38,670 to $53,3102,2000.92x1.06
525Data Center Technician$43,320$37,720 to $54,950900.88x0.57
526Smart Hands / Data Center Technician$43,320$37,720 to $54,950900.88x0.57
527Smart Hands Technician$43,320$37,720 to $54,950900.88x0.57

Ranked by median in the unit BLS published. Annual and hourly figures are never converted for ranking: occupations BLS released hourly only are ranked in a separate hourly table. "Or more" medians rank at the top-code threshold. Entries without a published median are not listed.

"vs all occupations" divides the role's annual median by the area's all-occupations annual median. LQ is employment concentration, not a pay adjustment.

What these figures leave out for technology hires

BLS OEWS wages are straight-time gross pay. They include base rate, guaranteed pay, incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses, and cost-of-living allowances. They exclude overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, severance and employer-paid benefits.

Our interpretation, not a BLS statement: the BLS definition does not name stock or equity grants, so we treat them as outside these figures and add nothing for them. If a technology offer leans on discretionary bonus or equity, we read the published figure as describing only the cash pay inside the BLS definition.

BLS definition: Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

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What do these figures mean for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

For technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, the May 2025 median is $167,000 per year for Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021); it describes workers in that BLS occupation and geography, not an independent survey of this recruiting title or a quote for a candidate with a particular background.

The middle half of the occupation behind technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC runs from $120,750 to $215,250, a $94,500 band; compare responsibilities before using those endpoints in an offer, because the distribution does not identify junior, senior or management pay grades.

For technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, the outer published markers are $97,180 at P10 and $287,170 at P90; an amount between those points has no exact percentile assigned here, while a source-marked lower bound stays open and an unavailable wage stays unavailable rather than becoming zero.

The technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC occupation median compares with $175,140 nationally, a difference of -$8,140; both cells use SOC 11-3021, and the difference is neither a cost-of-living adjustment nor a premium every local candidate receives for doing the job.

Area comparisons for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC include Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC at $144,990 and Sumter, SC at $137,690; these metros are selected by Census reference-point distance, not commuting time, and each figure remains tied to its own BLS area rather than replacing an unpublished local estimate.

No comparable May 2024 median is available for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, so no release-to-release change is calculated; the $167,000 May 2025 median stands on its own reference period, and the missing earlier cell establishes neither growth nor decline in wages for the occupation or this opening.

When discussing an offer for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, keep equity and RSUs separate from the $167,000 occupation median; OEWS includes commissions and production bonuses but excludes overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and employer benefits, making it neither pure base salary nor total compensation for the person you hire.

BLS employment for the occupation behind technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 940; this describes employment in Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021), not available applicants, so use it to understand the occupation's presence while keeping the search for a person with your required systems knowledge and ownership scope separate.

Which national industries report pay for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

The table below gives released national industry medians for Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021), selected for this technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC discussion. These CTO industry rows are national cuts, not industry-specific wages for Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

National industry rows for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, BLS May 2025
BLS industryNAICSPublished medianEmployment
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities523000$214,46018,630
Nondepository Credit Intermediation522200$207,1606,000
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank521000$206,320670
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank521100$206,320670
Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation522290$205,3103,660
Software Publishers513200$202,25035,120

Questions about technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Which occupation prices technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

The technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC figures use Computer and Information Systems Managers, SOC 11-3021. BLS does not release an exact rate for an employer's particular CTO opening in Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

Does the technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC band price seniority?

The $120,750 to $215,250 band describes the published occupation distribution for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It is not a junior-to-senior ladder for CTO in Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

Can I treat the May 2025 technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC median as a complete offer?

The $167,000 wage cell for technology hiring in Charleston-North Charleston, SC starts a cash-pay comparison. Benefits and equity for CTO in Charleston-North Charleston, SC need a separate discussion from this BLS cell.

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