How much do Network and Computer Systems Administrators make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Network and Computer Systems Administrators, the published 10th percentile is $65,600 and the 90th percentile is $162,440. The difference is $96,840, which is 92.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $83,150 to the 75th at $132,390, covers $49,240.

The mean annual wage is $110,570, which sits above the median of $104,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 5.4% higher than the national median of $99,130 for Network and Computer Systems Administrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $106,581, which is 7.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.2% higher than the Texas median of $101,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $104,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Network and Computer Systems Administrators at $106,581 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Network and Computer Systems Administrators. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 1st of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Killeen-Temple, TX is 66 miles away, with a median of $91,240 and employment of 310. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $100,119, against $106,581 here.
• College Station-Bryan, TX is 77 miles away, with a median of $80,450 and employment of 420. That median is 23% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,454, against $106,581 here.
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $96,770 and employment of 2,340. That median is 7.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $102,169, against $106,581 here.

Employment share

Network and Computer Systems Administrators accounts for 0.39% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (5,030 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.20% of employment (314,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.92 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.