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Landing a job in tech could get you some massive paychecks, but just how much do the top tech positions pay?
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Analysts at LinkedIn, collected LinkedIn data publicly available to members to determine the top-paying tech jobs in America and their benchmark salaries.
Using the LinkedIn Salary Tool, we cracked down the salaries of those top-ranked positions in metro Atlanta.
Data Scientist (national average: $106,000)
Median salary: $100,000
Less than one year: $99,400
1-5 years: $99,400
6-14 years: $105,000
15+ years: Not applicable
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Data Engineer (national average: $100,000)
Median salary: $85,100
Less than one year: Not applicable
1-5 years: $81,600
6-14 years: $87,200
15+ years: Not applicable
UX Designer (national average: $83,000)
Median salary: $70,700
Less than one year: $71,800
1-5 years: $70,000
6-14 years: $74,700
15+ years: Not applicable
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Solutions Architect (national average: $124,000)
Median salary: $124,000
Less than one year: $118,000
1-5 years: $119,000
6-14 years: $116,000
15+ years: $134,000
Software Engineer (national average: $92,000)
Median salary: $83,400
Less than one year: $65,000
1-5 years: $75,000
6-14 years: $92,000
15+ years: $108,000
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Electrical Engineer (national average: $80,000)
Median salary: $75,000
Less than one year: $71,700
1-5 years: $71,000
6-14 years: $81,600
15+ years: $85,000
Quality Assurance (QA) Manager (national average: $70,000)
Median salary: $90,500
Less than one year: $81,000
1-5 years: $72,000
6-14 years: $88,000
15+ years: $102,000
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Hardware Engineer (national average: $105,000)
Median salary: $91,500
LinkedIn Salary data also showed Atlanta as one of the highest-paying locations in the country for data scientists (No. 10), solutions architects (No. 7) and QA managers (No. 7).
Overall, the top-paying location in the country for tech jobs is San Francisco Bay, California, but other areas include Seattle, Washington; New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C.; North Carolina; Houston, Texas and Austin, Texas.
A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to the LinkedIn Salary Tool as the LinkedIn Payscale Tool.
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