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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in El Paso


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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in El Paso

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in El Paso, TX metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as “architecture and engineering occupations” or “computer and mathematical occupations” were considered. Keep reading to discover the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in your city.

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#29 (tie). Computer user support specialists

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $42,850
– #492 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,230

National
– Annual mean salary: $57,650
– Employment: 654,310
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)



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#29 (tie). Civil engineering technologists and technicians

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $42,850
– #291 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 270

National
– Annual mean salary: $58,000
– Employment: 64,170
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)



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#28. Architectural and civil drafters

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $42,970
– #362 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 230

National
– Annual mean salary: $60,620
– Employment: 101,310
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC ($76,060)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,700)
— Anchorage, AK ($75,650)



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#27. Mechanical drafters

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $44,520
– #252 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30

National
– Annual mean salary: $62,650
– Employment: 47,760
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,540)
— Corpus Christi, TX ($90,720)
— New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($82,590)



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#26. Electrical and electronics drafters

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $47,420
– #96 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $67,090
– Employment: 20,830
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,380)
— Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($86,920)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($83,760)

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#25. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $48,110
– #260 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90

National
– Annual mean salary: $61,230
– Employment: 62,030
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS ($94,360)
— Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($90,460)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($86,020)



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#24. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $50,020
– #168 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60

National
– Annual mean salary: $63,390
– Employment: 40,180
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Baton Rouge, LA ($112,580)
— New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($91,550)
— Portland-South Portland, ME ($90,200)



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#23. Web and digital interface designers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $51,480
– #168 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50

National
– Annual mean salary: $95,460
– Employment: 82,380
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($144,720)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,720)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,760)



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#22. Computer network support specialists

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $53,570
– #396 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 160

National
– Annual mean salary: $71,350
– Employment: 176,200
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,120)
— Barnstable Town, MA ($93,670)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($92,190)



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#21. Computer programmers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $62,700
– #309 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170

National
– Annual mean salary: $96,650
– Employment: 152,610
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($144,130)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,220)
— Dalton, GA ($123,500)

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#20. Surveyors

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $63,300
– #160 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70

National
– Annual mean salary: $68,880
– Employment: 46,390
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,360)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($104,740)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($103,260)



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#19. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $65,030
– #163 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 110

National
– Annual mean salary: $69,070
– Employment: 101,450
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Fort Collins, CO ($91,980)
— Bakersfield, CA ($90,780)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($88,600)



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#18. Operations research analysts

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $67,960
– #160 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 120

National
– Annual mean salary: $95,830
– Employment: 98,700
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($164,730)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($127,330)
— Austin-Round Rock, TX ($118,710)



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#17. Database administrators

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $71,520
– #224 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70

National
– Annual mean salary: $96,550
– Employment: 85,870
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Trenton, NJ ($123,540)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($121,430)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($120,280)



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#16. Network and computer systems administrators

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $72,700
– #377 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 540

National
– Annual mean salary: $91,250
– Employment: 316,760
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($135,440)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,370)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($110,930)

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#15. Civil engineers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $74,300
– #469 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 590

National
– Annual mean salary: $95,490
– Employment: 304,310
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,720)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,550)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($115,120)



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#14. Web developers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $74,310
– #85 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70

National
– Annual mean salary: $81,320
– Employment: 84,820
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($124,430)
— California-Lexington Park, MD ($111,080)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($110,880)



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#13. Computer systems analysts

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $75,890
– #406 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 380

National
– Annual mean salary: $102,210
– Employment: 505,150
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,290)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($131,650)
— Huntsville, AL ($118,690)



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#12. Architects, except landscape and naval

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $77,520
– #205 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 100

National
– Annual mean salary: $91,900
– Employment: 100,400
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($120,430)
— Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ($115,450)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,780)



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#11. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $78,300
– #159 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70

National
– Annual mean salary: $97,710
– Employment: 190,120
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($138,360)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,640)
— California-Lexington Park, MD ($122,750)

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#10. Industrial engineers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $78,830
– #411 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 270

National
– Annual mean salary: $95,200
– Employment: 293,950
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Anchorage, AK ($142,770)
— Midland, TX ($129,440)
— Billings, MT ($126,170)



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#9. Information security analysts

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $80,380
– #228 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 160

National
– Annual mean salary: $113,270
– Employment: 157,220
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($150,820)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,250)
— Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($135,080)



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#8. Electrical engineers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $82,780
– #400 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 250

National
– Annual mean salary: $107,890
– Employment: 186,020
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($148,870)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($133,640)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($124,680)



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#7. Data scientists

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $85,300
– #127 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $108,660
– Employment: 105,980
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($157,110)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($153,180)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($135,900)



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#6. Software developers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $87,870
– #415 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 720

National
– Annual mean salary: $120,990
– Employment: 1,364,180
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($167,420)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($158,320)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($148,220)

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#5. Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $89,490
– #90 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30

National
– Annual mean salary: $99,700
– Employment: 22,870
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($127,700)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($123,690)
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($122,770)



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#4. Environmental engineers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $90,700
– #125 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $100,220
– Employment: 42,660
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($131,700)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,470)
— Idaho Falls, ID ($127,160)



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#3. Mechanical engineers

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $90,770
– #164 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200

National
– Annual mean salary: $97,000
– Employment: 278,240
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,540)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($128,790)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,030)



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#2. Electronics engineers, except computer

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $92,720
– #164 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 130

National
– Annual mean salary: $115,490
– Employment: 107,170
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($152,060)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($138,480)
— Idaho Falls, ID ($136,310)



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#1. Computer network architects

El Paso, TX
– Annual mean salary: $95,980
– #225 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 100

National
– Annual mean salary: $120,650
– Employment: 168,830
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,600)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($152,900)
— Rapid City, SD ($145,810)

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