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Computer Network Architects

SOC 15-1241 · 2024-2034

Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning, including analysis of capacity needs for network infrastructures. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$163,317per year
Projected openings
9,510
Projected change
+11.8%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Critical Thinking
  2. Reading Comprehension
  3. Systems Evaluation
  4. Programming
  5. Complex Problem Solving
  6. Active Listening

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$178,8521,960
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$164,0262,320
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$141,6601,870
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$141,6371,030
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$135,967480
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$134,766850
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$134,1291,130
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$132,763140
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$128,19280
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$122,67610
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$121,82350
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$120,909110
Napa MSA (Napa County)$119,22430
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$117,79730
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$115,70180
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$115,044380
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$111,54130
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$102,67740
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$101,24970
Chico MSA (Butte County)$101,09520
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$100,66380
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$100,41790
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$87,27950

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Computer Network Support Specialists$81,4079,510+5.8%
Software Developers$179,292207,260+18.4%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$109,42011,510-4.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%
Computer Systems Analysts$131,29541,500+9.7%
Computer Hardware Engineers$190,36412,740+7.8%

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