SalariesComputer and Mathematical: pay for 21 occupations, May 2025
The field Computer and Mathematical had 5,260,110 jobs in the United States in May 2025, with a median pay of $109,280 a year ($52.54 an hour) across all its occupations.
No occupation in this field matches.
In short
- Highest median pay in this field: Computer and Information Research Scientists, $140,300 a year.
- Lowest: Computer User Support Specialists, $61,860 a year.
- Most jobs: Software Developers (1,687,890), Computer User Support Specialists (717,190) and Computer Systems Analysts (519,530).
- For comparison, the median for all occupations in the country was $50,980 a year.
Sorted by median pay, highest first. "Not published" in the yearly or hourly column means BLS releases only the other one for that occupation.
The field as a whole
Computer and Mathematical holds 5,260,110 of the 155,495,730 jobs in the national figures, about 3 in every 100. Its median pay of $109,280 a year is 2.1 times the median for all occupations ($50,980), which places it number 2 of the 22 fields. Across the whole field, the lowest-paid tenth earned less than $58,200 and the highest-paid tenth more than $191,450; the middle half earned between $78,820 and $155,830. The average was $120,080, 10% above the median.
Inside the field
Inside the field, the best-paid occupation with a published yearly median earns 2.3 times the lowest ($140,300 against $61,860). All 21 occupations with a yearly median are above the national median of $50,980. The occupation in the middle of the field's list is Statisticians, at $105,650. Jobs are unevenly spread: the three largest occupations hold 56% of the field's jobs, while the smallest, Mathematicians, has 2,030. Pay stretches furthest within Web and Digital Interface Designers, where the highest-paid tenth earn over $201,550 and the lowest-paid tenth under $53,750.
Reading the field
Pay also moves with place. For the field's largest occupation, Software Developers, the state medians run from $79,380 in Puerto Rico to $174,410 in California; its own page has every state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sorts every occupation into one field by the work done, not by the industry of the employer, so an accountant at a hospital is counted under business and financial operations, not health care.
Questions about this field
What is the highest-paying job in computer and mathematical?
By published median pay in May 2025: Computer and Information Research Scientists, at $140,300 a year.
Which computer and mathematical occupation has the most jobs?
Software Developers, with 1,687,890 jobs in the United States.
What is the median pay for computer and mathematical occupations?
$109,280 a year across the whole field, against $50,980 for all occupations.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked in November 2026. Figures are for employees, before tax, and leave out overtime pay and benefits. They are official statistics, not advice or a pay offer; see bls.gov/oes for the original tables.