2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Computer Network Architects

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Estimated employment 10,230.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 15-1241
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$163,010 · 50th
$101,24010th
$128,61025th
$163,01050th
$191,12075th
$216,88090th

That is the medianhalf of computer network architects in New York earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$163,010 in New York buys what $144,800 buys across the country as a whole.

New York's regional price parity is 112.6 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Fig. 2 — The ladder

What comes next

Median offered base pay by seniority for Computer Network Architects in New York, classified from job titles on visa filings.

Mid
$129,293
Senior
$130,000
Lead
$165,000
Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in New York

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. New York
Kiryas Joel$165,570$151,300109.4+4.5%
New York This page$163,010$144,800112.6
Buffalo$131,320$137,00095.8−5.4%
Binghamton$129,350$139,30092.9−3.8%
Utica$127,950$138,10092.7−4.7%
Syracuse$126,440$132,10095.7−8.8%
Albany$121,000$121,50099.6−16.1%
Rochester$107,200$110,50097.0−23.7%

Price parity and difference against New York are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 3 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

120k140k160k180k 20212022202320242025
Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 24.5% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 4.8% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Career ladder
Seniority classified from job titles on the same visa filings; levels shown only with five or more filings each and a strictly rising progression.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
10,230 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 15-1241, Computer Network Architects. Mapped to our taxonomy as computer-network-architects.

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