Computer Systems Analysts Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Computer Systems Analysts in Richmond, Virginia earns $113,840 a year.

$113,840 / year, mean
↓ 1.4% below national average 89th percentile in Virginia

Richmond pays well above most of Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for computer systems analysts — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,990
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.3%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $157,170 San Francisco $145,400 Seattle $134,400 Portland $129,170 New York $129,150 Wildwood $126,100 Midland $125,430 San Luis Obispo $125,300 Longview $124,700 Kennewick $123,950 San Diego $123,810 Los Angeles $122,800 Santa Cruz $122,790 Santa Maria $122,730 Bremerton $122,100 Dallas $121,900 Baltimore $121,630 Napa $120,960 Oxnard $119,910 Houston $119,050 Vallejo $118,280 Bend $118,110 Stockton $117,770 Hanford $117,620 Sacramento $117,450 Bellingham $116,320 Trenton $116,150 Yakima $115,770 Springfield $115,180 Virginia Beach $114,940 Salinas $114,590 Austin $114,150 Palm Bay $114,100 Richmond $113,840 Naples $113,030 Olympia $112,740 Tampa $111,870 Riverside $111,840 Jackson $111,830 Albany $111,750 Santa Rosa $111,650 Mount Vernon $111,370 Medford $111,330 Philadelphia $110,590 Peoria $110,450 Bakersfield $110,380 Salem $110,330 Detroit $110,220 Spokane $109,750 Corvallis $109,450 Roanoke $109,250 Wenatchee $109,030 Bloomington $108,900 Grants Pass $108,160 Buffalo $107,990 Lexington Park $107,520 San Antonio $107,360 Indianapolis $107,340 Beaumont $107,280 Chicago $107,270 Monroe $107,270 Louisville $107,190 Jacksonville $107,020 Yuba City $106,860 Miami $106,670 Ann Arbor $106,390 Binghamton $106,350 Charlottesville $105,930 Columbus $105,520 Eugene $105,410 Visalia $104,940 Kiryas Joel $104,810 Crestview $104,370 Fresno $104,190 Battle Creek $104,090 Bloomington $103,970 York $103,830 Blacksburg $103,790 Redding $103,700 Sarasota $103,650 Modesto $103,610 Orlando $103,540 Evansville $103,100 Salisbury $102,830 Rochester $102,690 Chambersburg $102,550 Walla Walla $101,980 Dover $101,820 Midland $101,410 Grand Rapids $101,350 Reading $101,240 Glens Falls $101,130 Amarillo $101,050 Pensacola $101,000 Fort Myers $100,860 Punta Gorda $100,460 Allentown $100,250 Merced $100,140 Waco $100,030 Longview $99,790 Kingston $99,320 Bay City $99,040 Syracuse $99,000 Ocala $98,710 Victoria $98,660 Staunton $98,640 Odessa $98,470 Utica $98,440 Killeen $98,270 Elkhart $98,070 Vineland $98,060 Lynchburg $98,020 Sebastian $97,960 Lubbock $97,890 Atlantic City $97,110 Hagerstown $96,960 Pittsburgh $96,870 Rockford $96,740 Tyler $96,540 Kalamazoo $96,440 El Paso $96,430 Lafayette $96,420 Corpus Christi $96,320 Port St. Lucie $96,220 Harrisonburg $96,150 San Angelo $96,010 Lexington $95,760 Gainesville $95,670 Muskegon $95,460 Texarkana $95,430 Niles $95,360 Michigan City $95,350 Ithaca $95,230 El Centro $95,160 Terre Haute $95,100 Fort Wayne $95,030 Kankakee $95,020 Lansing $94,500 Brownsville $94,440 Winchester $94,430 South Bend $94,340 Paducah $94,050 Lakeland $93,580 Harrisburg $93,360 Lancaster $93,160 Lebanon $93,140 Homosassa Springs $92,830 Laredo $92,710 Chico $92,280 Traverse City $92,220 Champaign $92,010 Albany $91,640 Panama City $91,510 Gettysburg $91,320 College Station $91,020 Scranton $91,000 Altoona $90,980 Owensboro $90,740 Flint $90,720 Williamsport $90,330 Watertown $89,780 State College $89,050 Elizabethtown $88,870 Erie $88,780 Bowling Green $88,770 Saginaw $88,420 Huntington $88,220 Decatur $85,340 McAllen $85,020 Abilene $85,010 Muncie $83,540 Wichita Falls $82,320 Johnstown $82,180 Tallahassee $80,370
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Abilene, Texas$85,010-25.3%
Albany, Oregon$111,750-1.8%
Albany, New York$91,640-19.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$100,250-11.9%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$90,980-20.1%
Amarillo, Texas$101,050-11.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$106,390-6.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$97,110-14.7%
Austin, Texas$114,150+0.3%
Bakersfield, California$110,380-3.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$121,630+6.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$104,090-8.6%
Bay City, Michigan$99,040-13.0%
Beaumont, Texas$107,280-5.8%
Bellingham, Washington$116,320+2.2%
Bend, Oregon$118,110+3.8%
Binghamton, New York$106,350-6.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$103,790-8.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$103,970-8.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$108,900-4.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$88,770-22.0%
Bremerton, Washington$122,100+7.3%
Brownsville, Texas$94,440-17.0%
Buffalo, New York$107,990-5.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$100,860-11.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$102,550-9.9%
Champaign, Illinois$92,010-19.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$105,930-6.9%
Chicago, Illinois$107,270-5.8%
Chico, California$92,280-18.9%
College Station, Texas$91,020-20.0%
Columbus, Indiana$105,520-7.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$96,320-15.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$109,450-3.9%
Crestview, Florida$104,370-8.3%
Dallas, Texas$121,900+7.1%
Decatur, Illinois$85,340-25.0%
Detroit, Michigan$110,220-3.2%
Dover, Delaware$101,820-10.6%
El Centro, California$95,160-16.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$88,870-21.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$98,070-13.9%
El Paso, Texas$96,430-15.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$88,780-22.0%
Eugene, Oregon$105,410-7.4%
Evansville, Indiana$103,100-9.4%
Flint, Michigan$90,720-20.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$95,030-16.5%
Fresno, California$104,190-8.5%
Gainesville, Florida$95,670-16.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$91,320-19.8%
Glens Falls, New York$101,130-11.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$101,350-11.0%
Grants Pass, Oregon$108,160-5.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$96,960-14.8%
Hanford, California$117,620+3.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$93,360-18.0%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$96,150-15.5%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$92,830-18.5%
Houston, Texas$119,050+4.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$88,220-22.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$107,340-5.7%
Ithaca, New York$95,230-16.3%
Jackson, Michigan$111,830-1.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$107,020-6.0%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$82,180-27.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$96,440-15.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$95,020-16.5%
Kennewick, Washington$123,950+8.9%
Killeen, Texas$98,270-13.7%
Kingston, New York$99,320-12.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$104,810-7.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$96,420-15.3%
Lakeland, Florida$93,580-17.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$93,160-18.2%
Lansing, Michigan$94,500-17.0%
Laredo, Texas$92,710-18.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$93,140-18.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$95,760-15.9%
Lexington Park, Maryland$107,520-5.6%
Longview, Texas$99,790-12.3%
Longview, Washington$124,700+9.5%
Los Angeles, California$122,800+7.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$107,190-5.8%
Lubbock, Texas$97,890-14.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$98,020-13.9%
McAllen, Texas$85,020-25.3%
Medford, Oregon$111,330-2.2%
Merced, California$100,140-12.0%
Miami, Florida$106,670-6.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$95,350-16.2%
Midland, Michigan$101,410-10.9%
Midland, Texas$125,430+10.2%
Modesto, California$103,610-9.0%
Monroe, Michigan$107,270-5.8%
Mount Vernon, Washington$111,370-2.2%
Muncie, Indiana$83,540-26.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$95,460-16.1%
Napa, California$120,960+6.3%
Naples, Florida$113,030-0.7%
New York, New York$129,150+13.4%
Niles, Michigan$95,360-16.2%
Sarasota, Florida$103,650-9.0%
Ocala, Florida$98,710-13.3%
Odessa, Texas$98,470-13.5%
Olympia, Washington$112,740-1.0%
Orlando, Florida$103,540-9.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$90,740-20.3%
Oxnard, California$119,910+5.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$94,050-17.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$114,100+0.2%
Panama City, Florida$91,510-19.6%
Pensacola, Florida$101,000-11.3%
Peoria, Illinois$110,450-3.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$110,590-2.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$96,870-14.9%
Portland, Oregon$129,170+13.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$96,220-15.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$100,460-11.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$101,240-11.1%
Redding, California$103,700-8.9%
Riverside, California$111,840-1.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$109,250-4.0%
Rochester, New York$102,690-9.8%
Rockford, Illinois$96,740-15.0%
Sacramento, California$117,450+3.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$88,420-22.3%
Salem, Oregon$110,330-3.1%
Salinas, California$114,590+0.7%
Salisbury, Maryland$102,830-9.7%
San Angelo, Texas$96,010-15.7%
San Antonio, Texas$107,360-5.7%
San Diego, California$123,810+8.8%
San Francisco, California$145,400+27.7%
San Jose, California$157,170+38.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$125,300+10.1%
Santa Cruz, California$122,790+7.9%
Santa Maria, California$122,730+7.8%
Santa Rosa, California$111,650-1.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$91,000-20.1%
Seattle, Washington$134,400+18.1%
Sebastian, Florida$97,960-13.9%
South Bend, Indiana$94,340-17.1%
Spokane, Washington$109,750-3.6%
Springfield, Illinois$115,180+1.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$89,050-21.8%
Staunton, Virginia$98,640-13.4%
Stockton, California$117,770+3.5%
Syracuse, New York$99,000-13.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$80,370-29.4%
Tampa, Florida$111,870-1.7%
Terre Haute, Indiana$95,100-16.5%
Texarkana, Texas$95,430-16.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$92,220-19.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$116,150+2.0%
Tyler, Texas$96,540-15.2%
Utica, New York$98,440-13.5%
Vallejo, California$118,280+3.9%
Victoria, Texas$98,660-13.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$98,060-13.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$114,940+1.0%
Visalia, California$104,940-7.8%
Waco, Texas$100,030-12.1%
Walla Walla, Washington$101,980-10.4%
Watertown, New York$89,780-21.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$109,030-4.2%
Wichita Falls, Texas$82,320-27.7%
Wildwood, Florida$126,100+10.8%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$90,330-20.7%
Winchester, Virginia$94,430-17.1%
Yakima, Washington$115,770+1.7%
York, Pennsylvania$103,830-8.8%
Yuba City, California$106,860-6.1%
Gross salary
113,840/yr
Estimated take-home
83,185/yr
Est. total withheld
26.9%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 15-1211 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321