Computer Network Architects

What do Computer Network Architects do?

Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning, including analysis of capacity needs for network infrastructures. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software. Excludes “Information Security Analysts” (15-1212), “Computer Network Support Specialists” (15-1231), and “Network and Computer Systems Administrators” (15-1244).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 15-1241)

What our data shows for Computer Network Architects

RoleHue publishes 153 salary records for Computer Network Architects, across 10 cities. Weighted by how many records each city contributes, the band runs from $139,848 at the 25th percentile to $179,625 at the 75th, a spread of $39,777 around $151,381. Each of those three figures averages the city-level percentiles rather than ranking the pooled records, and weights each city by how many records it holds, so the cities we hold most data for pull them hardest. Measured against that $151,381 figure rather than in dollars (26% of it), that spread is tighter than 59% of the roles we cover.

Redmond, WA carries the highest median we hold for the role at $191,659; Plano, TX the lowest at $115,309, a gap of $76,350. The middle half of those city medians, weighted by how many records each city contributes, spans $41,769, wider than the $39,777 band within cities: for Computer Network Architects, which metro a record comes from separates our numbers more than where a record sits within its own metro.

No single metro carries most of this: the largest share is Seattle, WA, with 24 of the 153 records we publish for this role (16%). No city here reaches 25 records, the depth we treat as our threshold for calling a city median well evidenced, so every city median on this page rests on fewer records than that.

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 153 data points.

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