Computer and Information Systems Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Computer and Information Systems Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $175,140 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 670,570. Wage data is published for 435 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
O*NET code
11-3021.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$175,140
Hourly median
$84.20
Employment
670,570
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Speaking | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.88 | 4.38 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Coordination | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.62 | 3.75 |
Typical tasks
- Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
- Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
- Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
- Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
- Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
- Stay abreast of advances in technology.
- Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
Technology
- ACT! Premium
- Adobe Distiller
- Adobe Flex
- Advanced business application programming ABAP
- Alpha Four
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache HTTP Server
- Apache Maven
- Apache Pig
- Apache Solr
- Apache Tomcat
- Apple Final Cut Pro
Computer and Information Systems Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in CAMedian $218,290 · Employment 94,720
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in TXMedian $171,530 · Employment 73,060
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $215,300 · Employment 62,430
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in NYMedian $214,300 · Employment 48,050
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in FLMedian $168,470 · Employment 35,040
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in NJMedian $203,460 · Employment 34,470
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in ILMedian $171,730 · Employment 31,680
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $173,810 · Employment 30,690
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in PAMedian $163,910 · Employment 27,060
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in NCMedian $172,860 · Employment 25,650
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $173,760 · Employment 24,950
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary in MAMedian $214,960 · Employment 24,910
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.