Hiring a computer and information systems manager in Austin, TX

Employers in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area pay computer and information systems managers a median of $176,990, with the middle half of the market between $142,850 and $220,450. Austin residents working in management occupations report a median of $100,226, which is 43% below what the metro pays for this role.

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What does a computer and information systems manager earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$142,850
Median	$176,990
75th percentile	$220,450

Half of computer and information systems managers in this area earn between $142,850 and $220,450. A band set below $142,850 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Austin residents earn

$100,226

Median earnings of Austin residents working in management occupations, 85,794 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 43% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Austin rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
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.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 11-3021.

Tools and technologies in demand

Amazon Web Services AWS software, Microsoft Azure software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Operating system software, SAP software, Structured query language SQL, Apache Cassandra.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Austin?

This is a job zone four: considerable preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

That matters here, because 58.2% of Austin adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Austin commute runs 24 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 27.5% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $35,398 to $53,097 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

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