Computer & Math

Computer Systems Analysts

SOC 15-1211

Bridge business needs and IT, designing systems that actually fit the work.

The job

Median pay

$106k

$83k to $134k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+7.9% projected

Openings a year

33k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

98th pct

More exposed than 98% of occupations · modeled estimate · 90th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

50/100

At a glance

Modeled AI exposure for Computer Systems Analysts ranks at the 98th percentile; displacement risk is very high and works-with-AI 7/100, tilting toward AI replacing tasks. Typical entry-level education is a bachelor's degree. For Computer Systems Analysts, the median wage is $105,850, 58% above the typical occupation we cover, but in line with the Computer & Math median. The 2025 to 2035 outlook is +7.9%, ahead of the typical occupation we cover. Hiring volume is roughly 32,900 openings a year. Where the projection for Data Scientists is +35%, the figure here is +7.9%.

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Writing
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	59,060	3.2	1.0×	$128k
Texas	47,990	3.4	1.0×	$107k
Florida	35,270	3.6	1.1×	$102k
Washington	24,120	6.8	2.0×	$129k
New York	24,100	2.5	0.7×	$110k
Virginia	23,190	5.6	1.7×	$121k
Massachusetts	22,160	6.1	1.8×	$128k
North Carolina	20,910	4.2	1.3×	$107k
Illinois	20,610	3.4	1.0×	$102k
Pennsylvania	19,450	3.2	1.0×	$99k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Ohio	19,190	3.5	1.0×	$102k
New Jersey	16,520	3.9	1.1×	$123k
Maryland	15,340	5.6	1.7×	$114k
Michigan	14,070	3.2	1.0×	$103k
Georgia	11,640	2.4	0.7×	$106k
Arizona	11,330	3.5	1.1×	$104k
Minnesota	11,330	3.8	1.1×	$106k
Tennessee	10,220	3.1	0.9×	$96k
Indiana	9,660	3.0	0.9×	$99k
Wisconsin	8,340	2.8	0.8×	$100k
Missouri	7,730	2.6	0.8×	$92k
South Carolina	7,700	3.3	1.0×	$98k
Alabama	6,560	3.1	0.9×	$102k
Colorado	6,230	2.2	0.7×	$128k
Kentucky	5,930	3.0	0.9×	$95k
Oregon	5,640	2.9	0.9×	$122k
Connecticut	4,800	2.8	0.8×	$110k
Iowa	4,760	3.1	0.9×	$96k
Arkansas	4,100	3.1	0.9×	$82k
Kansas	3,740	2.6	0.8×	$101k
Oklahoma	3,710	2.2	0.7×	$96k
Louisiana	2,980	1.5	0.5×	$96k
Utah	2,950	1.7	0.5×	$99k
Nevada	2,540	1.6	0.5×	$104k
Washington DC	2,480	3.5	1.1×	$117k
Maine	2,480	3.9	1.2×	$96k
Nebraska	2,440	2.4	0.7×	$92k
New Mexico	2,290	2.6	0.8×	$98k
Delaware	2,140	4.4	1.3×	$111k
New Hampshire	2,090	3.1	0.9×	$108k
Mississippi	1,990	1.7	0.5×	$86k
Rhode Island	1,850	3.7	1.1×	$135k
Hawaii	1,670	2.7	0.8×	$89k
Idaho	1,650	1.9	0.6×	$75k
South Dakota	1,110	2.4	0.7×	$100k
West Virginia	1,030	1.5	0.4×	$78k (estimated)
Montana	850	1.7	0.5×	$91k
Vermont	590	1.9	0.6×	$100k
Alaska	420	1.3	0.4×	$89k
Wyoming	310	1.1	0.3×	$110k
North Dakota	280	0.7	0.2×	$105k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ26,540 jobs · $128k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX20,000 jobs · $123k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA19,050 jobs · $134k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV18,620 jobs · $127k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH17,470 jobs · $129k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA16,900 jobs · $122k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN14,660 jobs · $103k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA11,180 jobs · $134k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.