A move to remote work has meant a more mobile workforce—but that trend hasn’t equalized tech workers’ paychecks across the US. In some states, tech workers earn quite a lot more than they would elsewhere. Business.org used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to rank tech job pay by state, and here’s what it found.
For one thing, tech workers even in states that pay the lowest salaries still earn 20% to 52% more than the average salary in their states. Those in Alabama make vastly more than everyone else; tech salaries there are about 85% higher than those of other occupations in the state.
Although Wyoming isn’t terribly far from Washington or Colorado, Wyoming tech workers make far less than their peers in those states. The average salary in Wyoming is $67,640, but it’s $122,640 in Washington and $100,520 in Colorado.
The top-paid tech workers overall are actuaries, who earn an average salary of $123,180. They’re followed by computer network architects, software developers, mathematicians, information security analysts, data scientists, database admins and architects, computer systems analysts, statisticians, programmers, operations research analysts, network and computer system admins, web developers, computer network support specialists, and computer user support specialists.
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