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SOC 15-1244, wage year 2025-26

Network and Computer Systems Administrators prevailing wage by area

Short answer

Across 530 US areas, the median Level 1 prevailing wage for network and computer systems administrators is $29.09 an hour ($60,507 a year) and the median Level 4 wage is $48.92 an hour ($101,764 a year). Pick an area below for all four levels.

Ten highest Level 2 wages

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$41.65$52.87$64.10$75.32
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$40.01$51.72$63.43$75.14
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$40.13$50.04$59.96$69.87
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37.27$48.75$60.22$71.70
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$41.75$48.70$55.64$62.59
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$38.14$48.30$58.47$68.63
Bloomington, IL$39.42$47.91$56.40$64.89
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38.14$47.69$57.23$66.78
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$39.13$46.71$54.29$61.87
Boulder, CO$39.05$46.55$54.05$61.55

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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