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SOC 15-1241, wage year 2025-26

Computer Network Architects prevailing wage by area

Short answer

Across 530 US areas, the median Level 1 prevailing wage for computer network architects is $38.13 an hour ($79,300 a year) and the median Level 4 wage is $65.66 an hour ($136,562 a year). Pick an area below for all four levels.

Ten highest Level 2 wages

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$58.58$74.02$89.45$104.89
Rochester, MN$63.86$70.32$76.79$83.25
Merced, CA$53.65$70.07$86.49$102.91
Rapid City, SD$57.82$66.82$75.81$84.81
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$54.03$66.82$79.62$92.41
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$53.39$66.25$79.10$91.96
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$52.94$65.88$78.83$91.77
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$53.71$65.83$77.94$90.06
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$54.38$65.79$77.21$88.62
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$51.32$64.85$78.38$91.91

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval and not a job opening.

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