Network and Computer Systems Administrators
SOC 15-1244 · 2024-2034
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -4.5%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $109,420per year
- Projected openings
- 11,510
- Projected change
- -4.5%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
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.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Systems Analysis
- Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $132,116 | 1,500 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $131,980 | 1,420 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $129,174 | 1,180 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $127,348 | 60 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $110,935 | 70 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $108,740 | 3,090 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $108,696 | 180 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $107,215 | 1,350 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $105,060 | 720 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $104,762 | 1,500 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $104,413 | 90 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $102,605 | 90 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $101,906 | 820 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $101,845 | 60 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $101,198 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $101,198 | 70 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $100,561 | 50 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $100,345 | 150 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $98,013 | 50 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $97,900 | 180 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $97,489 | 80 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $96,853 | 110 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $94,069 | 220 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $93,915 | 30 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $93,884 | 20 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $92,960 | 50 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $92,148 | 20 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $91,398 | 30 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $86,314 | 30 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $84,568 | 20 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $81,332 | 20 |
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 for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Network Support Specialists | $81,407 | 9,510 | +5.8% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $138,203 | 59,320 | +11.1% |
| Software Developers | $179,292 | 207,260 | +18.4% |
| Database Administrators | $116,225 | 3,800 | +1.4% |
| Computer Network Architects | $163,317 | 9,510 | +11.8% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $131,295 | 41,500 | +9.7% |
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