Pay distribution $58,990 10th $74,260 25th $119,010 75th $143,980 90th
Half of Computer Systems Analysts in the Hickory metro area earn more than $93,970 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $74,260 and $119,010.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $58,990 $74,260 $93,970 $119,010 $143,980 Hourly $28.36 $35.70 $45.18 $57.22 $69.22
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.
How this area compares Hickory metro areathis metro area
$93,970 median for Hickory metro area; middle half earns $74,260 to $119,010
$106,850 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $86,080 to $132,910
$105,850 median for United States; middle half earns $82,860 to $134,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −12% vs North Carolina overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $38,020 $77,727 $117,433 $157,140 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $38,020 Hattiesburg, MS — $59,880 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $63,730 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $65,410 Hot Springs, AR — $69,670 Johnson City, TN — $72,000 Pocatello, ID — $72,260 Tallahassee, FL — $72,510 Aguadilla, PR — $72,900 Goldsboro, NC — $74,990 Rome, GA — $76,150 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $76,430 Jefferson City, MO — $77,490 Columbia, MO — $77,760 Jackson, TN — $77,790 Joplin, MO-KS — $78,160 Cleveland, TN — $78,190 Springfield, MO — $78,200 Great Falls, MT — $78,330 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $78,560 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $78,630 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $78,720 Elizabethtown, KY — $79,040 Twin Falls, ID — $79,190 Muncie, IN — $79,390 Helena, MT — $79,700 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,840 Logan, UT-ID — $79,960 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $80,140 Kankakee, IL — $80,190 Jonesboro, AR — $80,330 Decatur, IL — $80,410 Erie, PA — $80,500 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $80,500 Fairbanks-College, AK — $80,530 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $80,620 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $80,670 Idaho Falls, ID — $80,760 Johnstown, PA — $80,890 Abilene, TX — $80,960 Boise City, ID — $81,280 Eau Claire, WI — $81,420 Cedar Rapids, IA — $81,510 College Station-Bryan, TX — $81,580 Iowa City, IA — $82,040 Dothan, AL — $82,230 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $82,250 Bowling Green, KY — $82,290 Lawrence, KS — $82,360 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $82,430 Lebanon, PA — $82,660 Wausau, WI — $82,720 Springfield, OH — $82,730 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $82,890 Bangor, ME — $83,240 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $83,530 Florence, SC — $83,600 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $83,760 Missoula, MT — $83,800 Laredo, TX — $83,910 Farmington, NM — $84,000 Topeka, KS — $84,130 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $84,230 Rocky Mount, NC — $84,310 State College, PA — $84,330 Odessa, TX — $84,510 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $84,580 El Centro, CA — $84,610 Lewiston, ID-WA — $84,660 Manhattan, KS — $84,820 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $84,820 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $84,870 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $85,180 Wichita Falls, TX — $85,250 Dubuque, IA — $85,310 Lubbock, TX — $85,660 Knoxville, TN — $85,730 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $85,800 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $85,820 Jackson, MS — $86,280 Owensboro, KY — $86,470 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $86,690 Lancaster, PA — $86,830 San Angelo, TX — $86,850 Saginaw, MI — $86,870 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $86,890 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $87,050 St. Cloud, MN — $87,090 Tuscaloosa, AL — $87,140 Warner Robins, GA — $87,220 Lincoln, NE — $87,500 Chambersburg, PA — $87,580 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $87,660 Port St. Lucie, FL — $87,720 Alexandria, LA — $87,760 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $87,830 Clarksville, TN-KY — $87,920 Lima, OH — $87,920 Ocala, FL — $88,020 Baton Rouge, LA — $88,160 Flint, MI — $88,500 Fayetteville, NC — $88,690 Corpus Christi, TX — $88,890 Flagstaff, AZ — $89,130 Asheville, NC — $89,400 Hammond, LA — $89,440 Cheyenne, WY — $89,480 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $89,500 Morristown, TN — $89,660 Monroe, LA — $89,740 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $90,140 Fort Wayne, IN — $90,300 Homosassa Springs, FL — $90,450 Texarkana, TX-AR — $90,640 Columbia, SC — $90,760 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $90,860 Urban Honolulu, HI — $90,980 Harrisonburg, VA — $91,020 Lake Charles, LA — $91,210 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $91,380 Sandusky, OH — $91,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $91,630 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $91,900 Toledo, OH — $91,950 Winchester, VA-WV — $92,090 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $92,370 Gettysburg, PA — $92,490 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $92,580 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $92,780 Altoona, PA — $92,880 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $93,350 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $93,620 Chico, CA — $93,720 Ithaca, NY — $93,740 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $93,740 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $93,760 Wilmington, NC — $93,830 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $93,970 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $94,250 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $94,290 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $94,340 Mobile, AL — $94,350 Williamsport, PA — $94,360 Montgomery, AL — $94,540 Paducah, KY-IL — $94,550 El Paso, TX — $94,610 Oklahoma City, OK — $94,630 Dalton, GA — $94,640 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $94,650 Billings, MT — $94,730 Wichita, KS — $94,790 Bay City, MI — $94,820 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $94,840 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $94,860 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $94,900 Las Cruces, NM — $95,350 Syracuse, NY — $95,380 Merced, CA — $95,390 Rockford, IL — $95,430 Waco, TX — $95,470 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $95,500 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $95,520 Grand Junction, CO — $95,810 Sumter, SC — $95,870 Yuma, AZ — $95,890 Lawton, OK — $96,250 Mankato, MN — $96,250 St. Louis, MO-IL — $96,290 Omaha, NE-IA — $96,310 Spartanburg, SC — $96,470 Killeen-Temple, TX — $96,510 Traverse City, MI — $96,510 York-Hanover, PA — $96,600 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $96,680 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $96,830 Ames, IA — $96,920 Redding, CA — $96,980 Niles, MI — $97,100 Utica-Rome, NY — $97,100 Battle Creek, MI — $97,110 Victoria, TX — $97,170 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $97,210 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $97,240 Rochester, NY — $97,240 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,310 Amarillo, TX — $97,620 Evansville, IN — $97,690 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $97,770 Tyler, TX — $97,880 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $97,970 Kenosha, WI — $98,050 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $98,090 Jacksonville, NC — $98,100 Tucson, AZ — $98,100 Lynchburg, VA — $98,170 Albuquerque, NM — $98,220 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $98,290 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $98,350 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $98,400 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $98,410 Pittsburgh, PA — $98,550 Vineland, NJ — $98,700 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $98,750 Longview, TX — $98,750 Fresno, CA — $98,900 Gainesville, FL — $98,930 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $98,970 Albany, GA — $99,040 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $99,140 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $99,170 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $99,270 Birmingham, AL — $99,470 Savannah, GA — $99,710 Decatur, AL — $99,740 Modesto, CA — $99,760 Fargo, ND-MN — $99,800 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $99,830 Bozeman, MT — $99,890 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $99,950 Reading, PA — $99,980 Jackson, MI — $100,100 Salisbury, MD — $100,100 Glens Falls, NY — $100,230 Green Bay, WI — $100,290 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $100,360 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $100,360 Walla Walla, WA — $100,370 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $100,400 Madison, WI — $100,550 Canton-Massillon, OH — $100,630 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,640 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $100,780 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $100,840 Akron, OH — $101,040 Anchorage, AK — $101,260 Dover, DE — $101,270 Winston-Salem, NC — $101,320 Kansas City, MO-KS — $101,340 Appleton, WI — $101,360 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $101,360 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $101,360 Tulsa, OK — $101,460 Portland-South Portland, ME — $101,470 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $101,480 Greeley, CO — $101,500 Medford, OR — $101,520 Cleveland, OH — $101,540 Lexington Park, MD — $101,630 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,660 Kingston, NY — $101,700 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $101,770 Punta Gorda, FL — $101,830 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $101,890 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $101,900 Yakima, WA — $101,930 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $101,940 Greenville, NC — $102,050 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $102,070 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $102,120 Visalia, CA — $102,170 Jacksonville, FL — $102,230 Lafayette, LA — $102,390 Sheboygan, WI — $102,630 Midland, MI — $102,840 Santa Fe, NM — $102,900 Bloomington, IL — $103,030 Duluth, MN-WI — $103,250 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $103,300 Columbus, GA-AL — $103,410 Peoria, IL — $103,440 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $103,450 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,490 Corvallis, OR — $103,610 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $103,650 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $103,670 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $103,680 Terre Haute, IN — $103,720 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $103,760 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $103,760 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $103,770 Columbus, IN — $103,800 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $104,050 Ogden, UT — $104,050 Barnstable Town, MA — $104,150 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $104,180 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $104,260 Rapid City, SD — $104,350 Monroe, MI — $104,500 Ann Arbor, MI — $104,550 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $104,590 Yuba City, CA — $104,710 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $105,030 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $105,050 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $105,080 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $105,080 Richmond, VA — $105,190 Springfield, MA — $105,200 Roanoke, VA — $105,430 Bellingham, WA — $105,920 Grants Pass, OR — $106,040 Binghamton, NY — $106,060 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $106,310 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $106,410 New Haven, CT — $106,580 Reno, NV — $106,690 Bismarck, ND — $106,700 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $106,750 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $107,140 Columbus, OH — $107,230 Bend, OR — $107,240 Fond du Lac, WI — $107,300 Huntsville, AL — $107,350 Bloomington, IN — $107,370 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $107,850 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $108,190 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $108,430 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $108,480 Salinas, CA — $108,900 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $108,980 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $109,430 Salem, OR — $109,970 Charlottesville, VA — $110,290 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $110,790 Vallejo, CA — $111,350 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $112,090 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $112,270 Albany, OR — $112,700 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $113,070 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $113,440 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $113,520 Gainesville, GA — $113,740 Springfield, IL — $117,590 Burlington, NC — $118,590 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $119,090 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,090 Worcester, MA — $119,260 Pittsfield, MA — $119,640 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $119,970 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $120,680 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $121,560 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $121,700 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $122,320 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $122,330 Longview-Kelso, WA — $122,380 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $122,520 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $124,450 Midland, TX — $124,540 Napa, CA — $124,790 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $126,880 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $127,040 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $127,100 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $127,360 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $127,880 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $128,340 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $128,580 Colorado Springs, CO — $128,740 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $129,180 Boulder, CO — $132,750 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $133,690 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $134,460 Pueblo, CO — $139,870 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $157,140 Hickory metro area 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 Hickory metro area has the 225th-highest published median for this occupation among the 362 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 North Carolina Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer systems analysts, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Hickory metro areathis page
$93,970 median for Hickory metro area; middle half earns $74,260 to $119,010
$118,590 median for Burlington metro area; middle half earns $95,620 to $132,450
$110,790 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $98,610 to $134,280
$108,480 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $84,760 to $132,710
$106,410 median for Durham metro area; middle half earns $98,180 to $129,620
$104,050 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $82,470 to $131,160
$102,050 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $93,700 to $120,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .