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Computer Network Architects · SOC 15-1241

Computer Network Architects Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$186,110
Median hourly wage$89.47

Computer Network Architects in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $186,110 per year ($89.47 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $129,340 at the 10th percentile to $274,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,730 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Computer Network Architects in the San Jose metro area earn more than $186,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $162,610 and $222,730.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$129,340$162,610$186,110$222,730$274,500
Hourly$62.18$78.18$89.47$107.08$131.97

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $186,110
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $158,870
  • United Statesnational
    $134,050

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +17% vs California overall and +39% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$72,070$110,083$148,097$186,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $72,070Elizabethtown, KY — $78,920Jefferson City, MO — $80,480Springfield, MO — $82,020Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $82,300Corpus Christi, TX — $84,270Lawrence, KS — $85,330Killeen-Temple, TX — $90,690Manhattan, KS — $93,710Missoula, MT — $95,020Johnson City, TN — $96,250Ocala, FL — $96,420Iowa City, IA — $96,790Bangor, ME — $96,860Fort Wayne, IN — $97,340Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $97,380Rockford, IL — $97,540Cedar Rapids, IA — $97,890McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $97,930Wichita, KS — $98,530Fresno, CA — $98,680Jackson, MS — $99,470Topeka, KS — $100,750Clarksville, TN-KY — $100,810Jacksonville, NC — $100,890Boise City, ID — $100,950Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $101,040Asheville, NC — $101,420Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $101,500Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $101,520Greenville, NC — $102,070Auburn-Opelika, AL — $102,380El Paso, TX — $102,400Ames, IA — $102,630St. Louis, MO-IL — $103,370Lubbock, TX — $103,420Lafayette, LA — $103,760Macon-Bibb County, GA — $103,770Lexington-Fayette, KY — $103,840Tyler, TX — $103,910Dothan, AL — $104,040Billings, MT — $104,170Urban Honolulu, HI — $104,350Amarillo, TX — $104,480Baton Rouge, LA — $104,540Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $104,570Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $104,880Coeur d'Alene, ID — $105,120Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $105,290Portland-South Portland, ME — $105,850Ithaca, NY — $105,990Oklahoma City, OK — $106,310Grand Junction, CO — $106,840Manchester-Nashua, NH — $106,940Rochester, NY — $107,200Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $107,400Kansas City, MO-KS — $107,450Youngstown-Warren, OH — $107,570Helena, MT — $107,700Waco, TX — $107,750Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $108,160Ogden, UT — $108,250Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $108,280Vallejo, CA — $108,290Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $108,530Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $108,740Lynchburg, VA — $108,940Salisbury, MD — $108,950Albuquerque, NM — $109,080Fargo, ND-MN — $109,220Evansville, IN — $109,370Tulsa, OK — $109,450Bend, OR — $109,650Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $109,950Canton-Massillon, OH — $110,460Jackson, TN — $110,570Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $110,590Tallahassee, FL — $110,780Fayetteville, NC — $110,900Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $111,030Columbia, MO — $111,310Champaign-Urbana, IL — $111,780Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $111,930Lincoln, NE — $112,060State College, PA — $112,410Bismarck, ND — $113,400Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $114,050Wilmington, NC — $114,230Fort Smith, AR-OK — $114,270Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $114,310Greensboro-High Point, NC — $114,540Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $114,570Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $115,120York-Hanover, PA — $115,820Eugene-Springfield, OR — $116,180Charlottesville, VA — $116,340Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $116,420Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $117,030Knoxville, TN — $117,480Visalia, CA — $117,610Reading, PA — $117,860Burlington, NC — $118,130Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $118,140Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $118,340Barnstable Town, MA — $118,870Savannah, GA — $118,950Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $119,140Port St. Lucie, FL — $119,400Anchorage, AK — $119,720Winston-Salem, NC — $119,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $120,640Tucson, AZ — $120,710Flint, MI — $120,720Modesto, CA — $120,870Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $121,000Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $121,580Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $121,700Pueblo, CO — $121,770South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $121,770Omaha, NE-IA — $121,970Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $121,980Springfield, IL — $122,050Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $122,200Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $122,690Toledo, OH — $122,770Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $122,830Idaho Falls, ID — $122,840Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $122,870Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $122,910Pittsburgh, PA — $123,410Roanoke, VA — $123,600Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $123,670Montgomery, AL — $124,120Gainesville, GA — $124,260Naples-Marco Island, FL — $124,400Stockton-Lodi, CA — $124,510Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $124,820Gainesville, FL — $124,840Tuscaloosa, AL — $124,860Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $124,900La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $125,010Akron, OH — $125,100College Station-Bryan, TX — $125,340Columbia, SC — $125,510Greeley, CO — $125,560Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $126,000Mobile, AL — $126,080New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $126,260Spartanburg, SC — $126,310Columbus, GA-AL — $126,380Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $126,400Syracuse, NY — $126,440Eau Claire, WI — $127,040Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $127,490Reno, NV — $127,540Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $127,570Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $127,760Utica-Rome, NY — $127,950Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $128,110Janesville-Beloit, WI — $128,150San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $128,260Green Bay, WI — $128,770Cleveland, OH — $128,800Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $128,830Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $128,990Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $129,060Flagstaff, AZ — $129,170Richmond, VA — $129,210Binghamton, NY — $129,350Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $129,370Appleton, WI — $129,410Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $129,430San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $129,530Worcester, MA — $130,060Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $130,150Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $130,260Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $130,680Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $130,750Colorado Springs, CO — $130,980Kenosha, WI — $131,050Birmingham, AL — $131,140Bowling Green, KY — $131,150North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $131,160Charleston, WV — $131,210Columbus, OH — $131,260Ann Arbor, MI — $131,320Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $131,320Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $131,320Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $131,420Bloomington, IN — $131,620Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $131,690Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $131,990Huntsville, AL — $132,410Salinas, CA — $132,480Winchester, VA-WV — $132,500Decatur, AL — $132,570Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $133,000Lancaster, PA — $133,350Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $133,650Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $133,710Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $133,890Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $134,070Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $134,230Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $134,410Corvallis, OR — $134,950Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $135,010Madison, WI — $135,490Jacksonville, FL — $136,100New Haven, CT — $137,000Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $137,200Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $137,350Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $137,900Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $137,930Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $138,770Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $138,850Salem, OR — $138,930Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $139,150Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $139,230Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $140,340Kennewick-Richland, WA — $141,250Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $141,350Lexington Park, MD — $141,510Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $143,800Springfield, MA — $144,600Peoria, IL — $144,680Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $144,990Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $147,510Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $148,710Boulder, CO — $156,360Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $156,560San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $157,700Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $159,720Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $159,820Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $159,820Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $160,340Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $160,650Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $161,170Bloomington, IL — $161,780New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $163,010Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $165,570San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $166,760Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $168,720Rochester, MN — $168,910Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $172,650San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $186,110

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 245 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer network architects, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $186,110
  • San Francisco metro area
    $166,760
  • San Diego metro area
    $157,700
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $147,510
  • Sacramento metro area
    $141,350
  • Oxnard metro area
    $137,350
  • Salinas metro area
    $132,480

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Software Developers$213,110Computer Occupations, All Other$184,430Computer Systems Analysts$157,140Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$166,530Data Scientists$185,080Computer User Support Specialists$93,590

Highest-paying metro areas for computer network architectss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.