After Glassdoor revealed its list of the 50 best jobs in America, CIO.com noted 14 of those positions are in the tech sector.
The list ranks jobs according to each position's Glassdoor Job Score. The score factors in each position's salary, overall job satisfaction and the number of job openings as of Jan. 1, 2017.
Here are the 14 best tech jobs in the U.S., according to Glassdoor's list.
- Data scientist — No. 1 on Glassdoor's list
- 4,184 job openings
- $110,000 median base salary
- DevOps engineer — No. 2 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,725 job openings
- $110,000 median base salary
- Data engineer — No. 3 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,599 job openings
- $106,000 median base salary
- Analytics manager — No. 5 on Glassdoor's list
- 1,958 job openings
- $112,000 median base salary
- Database administrator — No. 7 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,877 job openings
- $93,000 median base salary
- User experience designer — No. 9 on Glassdoor's list
- 1,691 job openings
- $92,500 median base salary
- Solutions architect — No. 10 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,232 job openings
- $125,000 median base salary
- Software engineer — No. 16 on Glassdoor's list
- 17,085 job openings
- $101,000 median base salary
- Quality assurance manager — No. 22 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,531 job openings
- $92,000 median base salary
- Mobile developer — No. 26 on Glassdoor's list
- 2,130 job openings
- $85,000 median base salary
- Systems administrator — No. 27 on Glassdoor's list
- 4,046 job openings
- $68,000 median base salary
- Hardware engineer — No. 30 on Glassdoor's list
- 954 job openings
- $108,000 median base salary
- Information security engineer — No. 39 on Glassdoor's list
- 1,247 job openings
- $100,000 median base salary
- User interface designer — No. 43 on Glassdoor's list
- 950 job openings
- $80,000 median base salary