Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

15-1244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Install, configure, and maintain an organization�s local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software. Excludes �Information Security Analysts� (15-1212), �Computer Network Support Specialists� (15-1231), and �Computer User Support Specialists� (15-1232).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
354,450	0.8 %	$42.51	$88,410	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$25.18	$31.47	$40.15	$51.11	$63.71
Annual Wage (2)	$52,370	$65,460	$83,510	$106,310	$132,520

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	67,150	3.09	$44.22	$91,980
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27,660	1.12	$43.46	$90,390
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	14,470	0.26	$39.08	$81,290
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	14,180	0.46	$38.32	$79,700
Telecommunications	14,140	1.97	$45.46	$94,570

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	67,150	3.09	$44.22	$91,980
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	8,730	2.60	$43.89	$91,280
Telecommunications	14,140	1.97	$45.46	$94,570
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	310	1.63	$49.73	$103,440
Cable and Other Subscription Programming	870	1.63	$49.00	$101,920

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oil and Gas Extraction	1,180	0.84	$55.43	$115,290
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	5,040	0.54	$54.09	$112,510
Specialized Design Services	200	0.14	$49.73	$103,440
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	310	1.63	$49.73	$103,440
Water, Sewage and Other Systems	30	0.06	$49.57	$103,100

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	35,890	2.89	1.20	$42.71	$88,840
California	33,630	1.93	0.80	$47.83	$99,480
New York	25,910	2.72	1.13	$47.03	$97,820
Virginia	18,510	4.77	1.98	$44.58	$92,720
Florida	17,930	2.04	0.84	$39.22	$81,570

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Maryland	14,850	5.50	2.28	$53.31	$110,890
Virginia	18,510	4.77	1.98	$44.58	$92,720
Colorado	12,580	4.70	1.95	$42.37	$88,130
South Dakota	1,850	4.36	1.81	$30.53	$63,510
Kansas	5,510	3.96	1.64	$36.67	$76,260

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Maryland	14,850	5.50	2.28	$53.31	$110,890
New Jersey	11,140	2.72	1.13	$49.64	$103,240
District of Columbia	1,780	2.47	1.02	$48.56	$101,000
California	33,630	1.93	0.80	$47.83	$99,480
New York	25,910	2.72	1.13	$47.03	$97,820

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	27,140	2.81	1.16	$50.51	$105,050
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	19,890	6.26	2.59	$48.80	$101,510
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	12,610	3.45	1.43	$43.71	$90,930
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	11,850	1.90	0.79	$44.83	$93,250
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,460	2.02	0.84	$42.64	$88,690
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	8,560	2.80	1.16	$47.94	$99,710
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	8,320	5.50	2.28	$44.37	$92,290
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	7,710	2.76	1.14	$47.31	$98,390
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	7,670	5.58	2.31	$54.29	$112,910
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	7,340	2.67	1.11	$43.27	$90,010