Systems Analyst Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 504,000 systems analysts can be found working in the US. Recent data shows that compared to other careers this occupation has a low level of unemployment. Employees without jobs represent 3% of the total.

Area Job Conditions

The most jobs per capita are found in Bloomington (Illinois), Huntsville (Alabama), and Durham (North Carolina), and the least jobs per capita are found in New Bedford (Massachusetts), Houma (Louisiana), and Visalia (California).

The salary for this career is highest in Manchester (New Hampshire), Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Lowell (Massachusetts) and lowest in Johnson City (Tennessee), Monroe (Louisiana), and Merced (California).

Training and Education

Most people pursuing this career path get a bachelor's degree. Among systems analysts, 68% have a four year degree. Some 25% of workers started college but did not get a four year degree. A high school diploma was enough for 7% of employees. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Systems analysts in part-time roles are about 6% of the total. Self-employed workers are about 6% of the total.

Systems Analysts Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of systems analysts compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for systems analysts.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Huntsville	$75,000	2,860
Birmingham	$67,000	2,070
Montgomery	$65,000	910
Mobile	$68,000	310
Tuscaloosa	$66,000	110
Auburn	$65,000	70
Decatur	$60,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$71,000	250
Fairbanks	$70,000	40

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Phoenix	$89,000	6,310
Tucson	$82,000	1,330
Flagstaff	$74,000	120

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Little Rock	$62,000	1,490
Fayetteville	$61,000	390
Fort Smith	$43,000	110

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
San Jose	$89,000	8,960
San Francisco	$93,000	7,100
Sacramento	$74,000	6,910
Santa Ana	$77,000	4,270
San Diego	$76,000	3,930
Oakland	$86,000	3,830
Riverside	$72,000	1,550
Oxnard	$90,000	730
Santa Rosa	$81,000	400
Santa Barbara	$72,000	380
Fresno	$67,000	370
Bakersfield	$77,000	340
Salinas	$89,000	320
Stockton	$68,000	320
Vallejo	$82,000	170
Santa Cruz	$77,000	160
San Luis Obispo	$68,000	130
Modesto	$61,000	120
Chico	$80,000	90
Napa	$73,000	90
Redding	$58,000	80
Yuba City	$60,000	50
Madera	$59,000	40
Visalia	$64,000	40
Merced	$46,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$83,000	6,160
Boulder	$89,000	1,880
Colorado Springs	$75,000	1,490
Fort Collins	$76,000	180
Greeley	$80,000	60
Grand Junction	$64,000	40

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$84,000	5,130
Bridgeport	$95,000	1,940
New Haven	$70,000	760
Norwich	$87,000	600
Danbury	$79,000	140
Waterbury	$72,000	70

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$84,000	2,700
Dover	$71,000	220

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$94,000	28,030

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$73,000	4,620
Orlando	$73,000	3,570
Fort Lauderdale	$63,000	2,360
Miami	$68,000	2,290
Jacksonville	$69,000	2,180
West Palm Beach	$76,000	1,620
Tallahassee	$59,000	990
Palm Bay	$70,000	670
Sarasota	$63,000	420
Pensacola	$53,000	310
Cape Coral	$80,000	300
Panama City		290
Fort Walton Beach	$65,000	280
Deltona	$53,000	260
Lakeland	$63,000	260
Gainesville	$61,000	160
Port St Lucie	$59,000	120
Naples	$68,000	100
Ocala	$49,000	80

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$84,000	18,020
Dalton	$64,000	590
Columbus	$71,000	440
Augusta	$62,000	370
Savannah	$60,000	340
Macon	$50,000	180
Athens	$65,000	180
Rome	$48,000	90
Albany	$61,000	70
Gainesville	$71,000	60
Valdosta	$58,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$66,000	980

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boise	$72,000	530
Idaho Falls	$55,000	80
Coeur Dalene	$60,000	50
Pocatello	$81,000	40

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$81,000	12,330
Springfield	$79,000	990
Bloomington	$93,000	950
Peoria	$73,000	250
Rockford	$69,000	80
Champaign	$69,000	70
Decatur	$72,000	50
Kankakee	$70,000	30

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$72,000	3,370
Fort Wayne	$65,000	510
South Bend	$65,000	380
Evansville	$68,000	270
Gary	$67,000	270
Columbus	$73,000	210
Lafayette	$62,000	130
Elkhart	$78,000	120
Muncie	$63,000	70
Terre Haute	$57,000	50

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Des Moines	$72,000	3,320
Davenport	$77,000	620
Cedar Rapids	$65,000	490
Ames	$63,000	250
Iowa City	$58,000	140
Sioux City	$74,000	110
Waterloo	$58,000	100
Dubuque	$51,000	60

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$62,000	700
Topeka	$66,000	330

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Louisville	$66,000	1,660
Lexington	$73,000	980
Elizabethtown	$66,000	80

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Baton Rouge	$52,000	1,840
New Orleans	$61,000	740
Lafayette	$58,000	140
Monroe	$43,000	140
Shreveport	$65,000	130
Lake Charles	$55,000	80
Alexandria	$51,000	50
Houma	$54,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$76,000	870
Bangor	$60,000	90
Lewiston	$57,000	80

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Bethesda	$90,000	5,570
Baltimore	$87,000	4,880
Hagerstown	$61,000	150
Salisbury	$65,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$90,000	12,270
Framingham	$85,000	990
Lowell	$93,000	970
Worcester	$76,000	860
Springfield	$75,000	510
Haverhill	$82,000	190
Lawrence	$79,000	120
Brockton	$70,000	80
Barnstable Town	$68,000	70
Leominster	$92,000	50
Taunton	$79,000	40
Pittsfield	$83,000	40
New Bedford	$80,000	30

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$78,000	5,950
Detroit	$88,000	5,020
Ann Arbor	$72,000	720
Grand Rapids	$65,000	700
Lansing	$69,000	550
Kalamazoo	$64,000	440
Saginaw	$66,000	200
Holland	$68,000	170
Jackson	$71,000	120
Bay City	$74,000	70
Niles	$68,000	70

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$75,000	9,640
Rochester	$81,000	420
Duluth	$62,000	170
St Cloud	$68,000	130

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Jackson	$60,000	580
Gulfport	$57,000	170
Pascagoula	$61,000	60

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Kansas City	$70,000	6,330
St Louis	$75,000	6,190
Jefferson City	$66,000	230
Springfield	$65,000	180
Columbia	$64,000	170
Joplin	$53,000	70

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$64,000	90
Missoula	$66,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$69,000	2,300
Lincoln	$61,000	410

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$72,000	1,350
Reno	$68,000	480

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashua	$85,000	590
Manchester	$97,000	530
Rochester	$67,000	320

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Edison	$92,000	7,900
Newark	$96,000	4,710
Camden	$78,000	1,970
Trenton	$83,000	1,740
Atlantic City	$77,000	230
Vineland	$80,000	30

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$78,000	780
Santa Fe	$51,000	190

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$92,000	25,590
Nassau	$84,000	2,360
Rochester	$69,000	2,220
Albany	$70,000	1,480
Buffalo	$72,000	1,310
Poughkeepsie	$89,000	1,180
Syracuse	$69,000	580
Utica	$71,000	340
Binghamton		220
Ithaca	$69,000	100
Glens Falls		100
Kingston	$64,000	40

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$77,000	4,870
Durham	$82,000	3,750
Raleigh	$74,000	2,730
Greensboro	$82,000	1,220
Winston Salem	$75,000	920
Asheville	$63,000	190
Burlington	$71,000	170
Fayetteville	$59,000	140
Greenville	$62,000	140
Wilmington	$67,000	120
Hickory	$58,000	120
Rocky Mount	$59,000	90

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$58,000	710
Bismarck	$60,000	100

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Columbus	$80,000	4,770
Cincinnati	$77,000	3,870
Cleveland	$72,000	2,580
Dayton	$75,000	1,390
Akron	$65,000	830
Toledo	$65,000	450
Youngstown	$69,000	390
Canton	$59,000	360
Springfield	$67,000	90
Mansfield	$64,000	50
Lima	$63,000	40

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tulsa	$71,000	1,540
Oklahoma City	$60,000	1,490
Lawton	$54,000	40

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$77,000	3,360
Eugene	$64,000	550
Salem	$70,000	160
Bend	$69,000	60
Medford	$61,000	60
Corvallis	$68,000	50

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Philadelphia	$88,000	9,450
Pittsburgh	$69,000	4,680
Harrisburg	$72,000	2,650
Allentown	$62,000	1,000
Scranton	$69,000	710
Lancaster	$63,000	390
Reading	$67,000	320
York	$67,000	260
Erie	$61,000	210
Altoona	$82,000	170
Johnstown	$55,000	80
Williamsport	$58,000	70

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$87,000	1,570

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Greenville	$71,000	1,560
Columbia	$62,000	1,520
Charleston	$62,000	810
Spartanburg	$77,000	300
Florence	$55,000	150
Myrtle Beach	$63,000	80

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$64,000	340
Rapid City	$62,000	30

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$61,000	1,990
Memphis	$67,000	1,230
Knoxville	$65,000	890
Chattanooga	$67,000	520
Clarksville	$55,000	300
Kingsport	$48,000	220
Johnson City	$47,000	80
Cleveland	$47,000	50

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Dallas	$81,000	14,900
Houston	$78,000	11,260
Austin	$74,000	6,880
San Antonio	$66,000	3,040
Fort Worth	$75,000	3,010
El Paso	$63,000	680
Killeen	$68,000	450
Beaumont	$68,000	290
Lubbock	$51,000	270
College Station	$65,000	270
Waco	$48,000	200
Corpus Christi	$67,000	200
Amarillo	$62,000	160
Mcallen	$48,000	130
Tyler	$63,000	110
Brownsville	$48,000	100
Longview	$59,000	90
San Angelo	$59,000	80
Odessa	$66,000	70
Wichita Falls	$54,000	60
Midland	$60,000	60
Laredo	$58,000	50
Abilene	$48,000	50
Texarkana	$51,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Salt Lake City	$67,000	1,710
Provo	$69,000	320
Ogden	$64,000	320
Logan	$55,000	80

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$78,000	280

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Richmond	$79,000	4,470
Virginia Beach	$69,000	3,280
Charlottesville	$65,000	750
Roanoke	$64,000	400
Lynchburg	$57,000	210
Blacksburg	$71,000	210
Harrisonburg	$78,000	100
Winchester	$72,000	70

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$85,000	9,190
Tacoma	$70,000	620
Spokane	$71,000	550
Kennewick	$77,000	360
Bremerton	$81,000	220
Olympia	$78,000	190
Bellingham	$61,000	110
Yakima	$76,000	70
Wenatchee	$79,000	50
Mount Vernon	$65,000	40
Longview	$67,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$66,000	190
Wheeling	$60,000	100
Huntington	$60,000	90
Weirton	$76,000	80
Parkersburg	$73,000	40

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$69,000	4,200
Madison	$64,000	2,030
Green Bay	$62,000	550
Oshkosh	$69,000	320
Appleton	$63,000	310
Wausau	$64,000	280
Sheboygan	$64,000	220
La Crosse	$61,000	140
Eau Claire	$72,000	140
Racine	$70,000	120
Janesville	$63,000	60

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$49,000	160
Casper	$57,000	60

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