Computer Systems Analysts: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Computer Systems Analysts

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of computer systems analysts working in the US is about 504,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 6% of employees work only part of the time. Computer systems analysts who work as their own boss represent 6% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require a bachelor's degree from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 68% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 25% of computer systems analysts. The highest level of education for for 7% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Bloomington (Illinois), Huntsville (Alabama), and Durham (North Carolina), and comparatively fewer in New Bedford (Massachusetts), Houma (Louisiana), and Visalia (California).

The earning potential for computer systems analysts appears to be highest in Manchester (New Hampshire), Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Lowell (Massachusetts), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Johnson City (Tennessee), Monroe (Louisiana), and Merced (California).

Computer Systems Analysts: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Computer Systems Analysts, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Computer Systems Analysts are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Computer Systems Analysts are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Auburn	70	$64,720	0.4
Alabama	Birmingham	2,070	$67,440	1
Alabama	Decatur	30	$60,030	0.2
Alabama	Huntsville	2,860	$75,200	3.4
Alabama	Mobile	310	$68,450	0.4
Alabama	Montgomery	910	$65,430	1.3
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	110	$66,030	0.3
Alaska	Anchorage	250	$70,900	0.4
Alaska	Fairbanks	40	$69,530	0.4
Arizona	Flagstaff	120	$73,700	0.6
Arizona	Phoenix	6,310	$89,190	0.8
Arizona	Tucson	1,330	$82,270	0.9
Arkansas	Fayetteville	390	$61,120	0.5
Arkansas	Fort Smith	110	$43,010	0.2
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,490	$61,700	1.1
California	Bakersfield	340	$77,460	0.3
California	Chico	90	$80,080	0.3
California	Fresno	370	$67,110	0.3
California	Madera	40	$59,160	0.3
California	Merced	30	$45,560	0.1
California	Modesto	120	$61,470	0.2
California	Napa	90	$72,730	0.4
California	Oakland	3,830	$85,550	0.9
California	Oxnard	730	$89,580	0.6
California	Redding	80	$58,020	0.3
California	Riverside	1,550	$72,320	0.3
California	Sacramento	6,910	$73,550	1.9
California	Salinas	320	$89,460	0.5
California	San Diego	3,930	$76,230	0.7
California	San Francisco	7,100	$92,870	1.7
California	San Jose	8,960	$88,620	2.3
California	San Luis Obispo	130	$68,200	0.3
California	Santa Ana	4,270	$76,510	0.7
California	Santa Barbara	380	$71,980	0.6
California	Santa Cruz	160	$77,240	0.5
California	Santa Rosa	400	$80,870	0.5
California	Stockton	320	$68,030	0.4
California	Vallejo	170	$82,150	0.4
California	Visalia	40	$63,570	0.1
California	Yuba City	50	$59,750	0.4
Colorado	Boulder	1,880	$89,290	2.9
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1,490	$74,700	1.5
Colorado	Denver	6,160	$82,590	1.2
Colorado	Fort Collins	180	$76,180	0.4
Colorado	Grand Junction	40	$63,560	0.2
Colorado	Greeley	60	$79,600	0.2
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,940	$95,040	1.1
Connecticut	Danbury	140	$78,690	0.5
Connecticut	Hartford	5,130	$83,540	2.1
Connecticut	New Haven	760	$69,820	0.7
Connecticut	Norwich	600	$86,920	1.2
Connecticut	Waterbury	70	$72,170	0.3
Delaware	Dover	220	$70,540	1.1
Delaware	Wilmington	2,700	$84,490	2
District of Columbia	Washington	28,030	$93,970	2.9
Florida	Cape Coral	300	$80,280	0.4
Florida	Deltona	260	$52,790	0.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	2,360	$62,920	0.8
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	280	$64,840	1
Florida	Gainesville	160	$60,650	0.4
Florida	Jacksonville	2,180	$68,740	0.9
Florida	Lakeland	260	$63,380	0.3
Florida	Miami	2,290	$68,390	0.6
Florida	Naples	100	$67,930	0.2
Florida	Ocala	80	$48,510	0.2
Florida	Orlando	3,570	$72,730	0.8
Florida	Palm Bay	670	$69,950	0.9
Florida	Panama City	290		1.1
Florida	Pensacola	310	$52,520	0.5
Florida	Port St Lucie	120	$59,430	0.2
Florida	Sarasota	420	$63,430	0.4
Florida	Tallahassee	990	$59,180	1.5
Florida	Tampa	4,620	$73,260	0.9
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,620	$76,330	0.7
Georgia	Albany	70	$60,700	0.3
Georgia	Athens	180	$64,510	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	18,020	$83,630	1.8
Georgia	Augusta	370	$61,910	0.4
Georgia	Columbus	440	$70,690	1
Georgia	Dalton	590	$63,820	2
Georgia	Gainesville	60	$70,540	0.2
Georgia	Macon	180	$50,470	0.5
Georgia	Rome	90	$48,180	0.7
Georgia	Savannah	340	$60,160	0.6
Georgia	Valdosta	30	$57,980	0.1
Hawaii	Honolulu	980	$65,610	0.5
Idaho	Boise	530	$71,970	0.5
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	50	$60,430	0.2
Idaho	Idaho Falls	80	$54,510	0.5
Idaho	Pocatello	40	$80,820	0.4
Illinois	Bloomington	950	$93,090	3.6
Illinois	Champaign	70	$68,660	0.2
Illinois	Chicago	12,330	$81,420	0.8
Illinois	Decatur	50	$71,890	0.3
Illinois	Kankakee	30	$70,160	0.2
Illinois	Peoria	250	$72,810	0.4
Illinois	Rockford	80	$69,050	0.1
Illinois	Springfield	990	$78,920	2.5
Indiana	Columbus	210	$73,440	1.4
Indiana	Elkhart	120	$78,410	0.2
Indiana	Evansville	270	$67,690	0.4
Indiana	Fort Wayne	510	$65,140	0.6
Indiana	Gary	270	$67,330	0.2
Indiana	Indianapolis	3,370	$71,570	0.9
Indiana	Lafayette	130	$61,950	0.5
Indiana	Muncie	70	$62,500	0.4
Indiana	South Bend	380	$65,450	0.7
Indiana	Terre Haute	50	$56,900	0.2
Iowa	Ames	250	$63,200	1.9
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	490	$65,370	0.9
Iowa	Davenport	620	$77,190	0.8
Iowa	Des Moines	3,320	$72,250	2.5
Iowa	Dubuque	60	$50,620	0.3
Iowa	Iowa City	140	$58,050	0.5
Iowa	Sioux City	110	$74,010	0.4
Iowa	Waterloo	100	$57,720	0.3
Kansas	Topeka	330	$66,260	0.8
Kansas	Wichita	700	$62,360	0.6
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	80	$65,500	0.5
Kentucky	Lexington	980	$72,990	1
Kentucky	Louisville	1,660	$66,120	0.6
Louisiana	Alexandria	50	$50,730	0.2
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1,840	$52,230	1.2
Louisiana	Houma	40	$54,190	0.1
Louisiana	Lafayette	140	$57,630	0.2
Louisiana	Lake Charles	80	$54,590	0.2
Louisiana	Monroe	140	$42,810	0.5
Louisiana	New Orleans	740	$61,300	0.4
Louisiana	Shreveport	130	$65,190	0.2
Maine	Bangor	90	$60,320	0.4
Maine	Lewiston	80	$56,750	0.4
Maine	Portland	870	$76,180	1.1
Maryland	Baltimore	4,880	$87,080	0.9
Maryland	Bethesda	5,570	$89,550	2.3
Maryland	Hagerstown	150	$61,460	0.4
Maryland	Salisbury	60	$64,580	0.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	70	$67,570	0.2
Massachusetts	Boston	12,270	$90,450	1.7
Massachusetts	Brockton	80	$70,320	0.2
Massachusetts	Framingham	990	$84,880	1.5
Massachusetts	Haverhill	190	$81,770	0.7
Massachusetts	Lawrence	120	$78,600	0.6
Massachusetts	Leominster	50	$91,560	0.3
Massachusetts	Lowell	970	$92,690	2
Massachusetts	New Bedford	30	$80,110	0.1
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	40	$82,660	0.3
Massachusetts	Springfield	510	$74,800	0.4
Massachusetts	Taunton	40	$79,110	0.2
Massachusetts	Worcester	860	$76,240	0.9
Michigan	Ann Arbor	720	$71,980	1.1
Michigan	Bay City	70	$73,580	0.6
Michigan	Detroit	5,020	$88,230	1.7
Michigan	Grand Rapids	700	$65,130	0.4
Michigan	Holland	170	$68,290	0.4
Michigan	Jackson	120	$70,740	0.6
Michigan	Kalamazoo	440	$64,350	0.8
Michigan	Lansing	550	$68,990	0.7
Michigan	Niles	70	$67,510	0.3
Michigan	Saginaw	200	$66,170	0.7
Michigan	Warren	5,950	$77,890	1.2
Minnesota	Duluth	170	$61,960	0.3
Minnesota	Minneapolis	9,640	$75,460	1.3
Minnesota	Rochester	420	$81,470	1.2
Minnesota	St Cloud	130	$67,760	0.3
Mississippi	Gulfport	170	$56,530	0.4
Mississippi	Jackson	580	$59,740	0.6
Mississippi	Pascagoula	60	$61,460	0.4
Missouri	Columbia	170	$64,300	0.5
Missouri	Jefferson City	230	$66,080	0.9
Missouri	Joplin	70	$52,870	0.2
Missouri	Kansas City	6,330	$70,350	1.5
Missouri	Springfield	180	$64,900	0.2
Missouri	St Louis	6,190	$74,860	1.1
Montana	Billings	90	$63,960	0.3
Montana	Missoula	50	$65,720	0.3
Nebraska	Lincoln	410	$61,200	0.6
Nebraska	Omaha	2,300	$69,230	1.2
Nevada	Las Vegas	1,350	$72,240	0.4
Nevada	Reno	480	$68,360	0.6
New Hampshire	Manchester	530	$96,790	1.3
New Hampshire	Nashua	590	$85,480	1.1
New Hampshire	Rochester	320	$67,290	1.5
New Jersey	Atlantic City	230	$77,200	0.4
New Jersey	Camden	1,970	$78,460	0.9
New Jersey	Edison	7,900	$91,880	1.8
New Jersey	Newark	4,710	$96,360	1.1
New Jersey	Trenton	1,740	$83,470	2
New Jersey	Vineland	30	$79,790	0.1
New Mexico	Albuquerque	780	$78,100	0.5
New Mexico	Santa Fe	190	$50,870	0.8
New York	Albany	1,480	$69,820	0.8
New York	Binghamton	220		0.5
New York	Buffalo	1,310	$72,050	0.6
New York	Glens Falls	100		0.5
New York	Ithaca	100	$68,900	0.7
New York	Kingston	40	$64,010	0.2
New York	Nassau	2,360	$83,560	0.4
New York	New York	25,590	$91,940	1.2
New York	Poughkeepsie	1,180	$89,410	1.2
New York	Rochester	2,220	$68,900	1.1
New York	Syracuse	580	$68,610	0.5
New York	Utica	340	$71,190	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	190	$63,170	0.3
North Carolina	Burlington	170	$70,980	0.8
North Carolina	Charlotte	4,870	$77,490	1.3
North Carolina	Durham	3,750	$82,430	3.4
North Carolina	Fayetteville	140	$59,460	0.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	1,220	$81,630	0.8
North Carolina	Greenville	140	$61,850	0.5
North Carolina	Hickory	120	$58,030	0.2
North Carolina	Raleigh	2,730	$73,870	1.3
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	90	$59,440	0.4
North Carolina	Wilmington	120	$66,950	0.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	920	$74,540	1.1
North Dakota	Bismarck	100	$60,160	0.5
North Dakota	Fargo	710	$57,820	1.6
Ohio	Akron	830	$65,230	0.6
Ohio	Canton	360	$59,310	0.5
Ohio	Cincinnati	3,870	$76,840	0.9
Ohio	Cleveland	2,580	$72,460	0.6
Ohio	Columbus	4,770	$80,210	1.2
Ohio	Dayton	1,390	$74,650	0.9
Ohio	Lima	40	$63,050	0.2
Ohio	Mansfield	50	$63,850	0.3
Ohio	Springfield	90	$67,360	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	450	$65,310	0.4
Ohio	Youngstown	390	$69,120	0.4
Oklahoma	Lawton	40	$53,500	0.3
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,490	$60,190	0.6
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1,540	$70,800	0.9
Oregon	Bend	60	$68,660	0.2
Oregon	Corvallis	50	$67,510	0.5
Oregon	Eugene	550	$63,710	0.9
Oregon	Medford	60	$60,860	0.2
Oregon	Portland	3,360	$77,420	0.8
Oregon	Salem	160	$69,780	0.3
Pennsylvania	Allentown	1,000	$61,720	0.7
Pennsylvania	Altoona	170	$81,690	0.8
Pennsylvania	Erie	210	$61,130	0.4
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	2,650	$71,910	2
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	80	$54,520	0.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	390	$63,160	0.4
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	9,450	$88,400	1.2
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	4,680	$68,660	1
Pennsylvania	Reading	320	$66,730	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	710	$68,550	0.7
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	70	$58,450	0.4
Pennsylvania	York	260	$67,260	0.4
Rhode Island	Providence	1,570	$87,270	0.7
South Carolina	Charleston	810	$61,570	0.7
South Carolina	Columbia	1,520	$61,550	1.1
South Carolina	Florence	150	$55,180	0.5
South Carolina	Greenville	1,560	$70,710	1.3
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	80	$63,310	0.2
South Carolina	Spartanburg	300	$76,580	0.6
South Dakota	Rapid City	30	$61,770	0.1
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	340	$64,330	0.6
Tennessee	Chattanooga	520	$66,840	0.6
Tennessee	Clarksville	300	$54,890	1.1
Tennessee	Cleveland	50	$47,430	0.4
Tennessee	Johnson City	80	$47,410	0.3
Tennessee	Kingsport	220	$47,620	0.5
Tennessee	Knoxville	890	$65,010	0.6
Tennessee	Memphis	1,230	$66,790	0.5
Tennessee	Nashville	1,990	$60,840	0.6
Texas	Abilene	50	$48,440	0.2
Texas	Amarillo	160	$61,810	0.4
Texas	Austin	6,880	$74,150	2.2
Texas	Beaumont	290	$67,990	0.5
Texas	Brownsville	100	$48,260	0.2
Texas	College Station	270	$65,440	0.9
Texas	Corpus Christi	200	$67,310	0.3
Texas	Dallas	14,900	$80,960	1.7
Texas	El Paso	680	$63,290	0.6
Texas	Fort Worth	3,010	$74,520	0.8
Texas	Houston	11,260	$77,820	1
Texas	Killeen	450	$68,190	1
Texas	Laredo	50	$57,980	0.2
Texas	Longview	90	$58,940	0.3
Texas	Lubbock	270	$51,120	0.6
Texas	Mcallen	130	$48,030	0.1
Texas	Midland	60	$59,800	0.2
Texas	Odessa	70	$65,560	0.3
Texas	San Angelo	80	$59,170	0.6
Texas	San Antonio	3,040	$65,540	0.9
Texas	Texarkana	30	$50,960	0.2
Texas	Tyler	110	$63,180	0.3
Texas	Waco	200	$48,380	0.5
Texas	Wichita Falls	60	$54,140	0.3
Utah	Logan	80	$55,090	0.5
Utah	Ogden	320	$64,240	0.4
Utah	Provo	320	$69,120	0.5
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,710	$66,930	0.7
Vermont	Burlington	280	$77,640	0.7
Virginia	Blacksburg	210	$70,800	0.9
Virginia	Charlottesville	750	$65,490	2.1
Virginia	Harrisonburg	100	$77,700	0.5
Virginia	Lynchburg	210	$57,140	0.5
Virginia	Richmond	4,470	$78,560	1.8
Virginia	Roanoke	400	$63,540	0.6
Virginia	Virginia Beach	3,280	$69,150	1
Virginia	Winchester	70	$71,960	0.4
Washington	Bellingham	110	$61,220	0.4
Washington	Bremerton	220	$80,710	0.7
Washington	Kennewick	360	$77,050	1.1
Washington	Longview	40	$67,400	0.4
Washington	Mount Vernon	40	$64,530	0.3
Washington	Olympia	190	$78,020	0.5
Washington	Seattle	9,190	$85,350	1.5
Washington	Spokane	550	$71,210	0.7
Washington	Tacoma	620	$69,650	0.6
Washington	Wenatchee	50	$79,250	0.4
Washington	Yakima	70	$75,830	0.2
West Virginia	Charleston	190	$65,540	0.3
West Virginia	Huntington	90	$60,160	0.2
West Virginia	Parkersburg	40	$72,820	0.2
West Virginia	Weirton	80	$75,540	0.5
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$60,430	0.4
Wisconsin	Appleton	310	$63,350	0.7
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	140	$71,960	0.5
Wisconsin	Green Bay	550	$62,310	0.8
Wisconsin	Janesville	60	$63,280	0.2
Wisconsin	La Crosse	140	$60,790	0.5
Wisconsin	Madison	2,030	$64,210	1.5
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	4,200	$69,390	1.2
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	320	$68,710	1
Wisconsin	Racine	120	$69,700	0.4
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	220	$64,040	1.1
Wisconsin	Wausau	280	$63,940	1.1
Wyoming	Casper	60	$56,740	0.5
Wyoming	Cheyenne	160	$48,510	1

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