The highest-paying technology jobs in 2026
Ranked by median base salary, Chief Information Security Officer is the highest-paying technology role at $220K — about 85% above the $119K median across 58 technology roles.
- 1$220K/yrChief Information Security OfficerTechnology
- 2$175K/yrAI Safety ResearcherTechnology
- 3$162K/yrEnterprise ArchitectTechnology
- 4$158K/yrCloud ArchitectTechnology
- 5$155K/yrAI EngineerTechnology
- 6$152K/yrSolutions ArchitectTechnology
- 7$152K/yrAutonomous Systems EngineerTechnology
- 8$148K/yrMachine Learning EngineerTechnology
- 9$148K/yrTechnical Product ManagerTechnology
- 10$148K/yrMLOps EngineerTechnology
- 11$148K/yrCloud Security EngineerTechnology
- 12$148K/yrData ArchitectTechnology
- 13$145K/yrPrompt EngineerTechnology
- 14$144K/yrComputer Vision EngineerTechnology
- 15$142K/yrNLP EngineerTechnology
- 16$140K/yrSite Reliability EngineerTechnology
- 17$140K/yrBlockchain DeveloperTechnology
- 18$138K/yrProduct ManagerTechnology
- 19$138K/yrRust DeveloperTechnology
- 20$135K/yrSecurity EngineerTechnology
- 21$135K/yrDeveloper AdvocateTechnology
- 22$132K/yrPlatform EngineerTechnology
- 23$130K/yrGo DeveloperTechnology
- 24$128K/yrProgram ManagerTechnology
- 25$128K/yrRobotics EngineerTechnology