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Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SOC 15-1244 · 2024-2034

Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -4.5%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California

$109,420per year

Projected openings

11,510

Projected change

-4.5%

Usually needs

Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

1. Judgment and Decision Making
2. Reading Comprehension
3. Critical Thinking
4. Systems Analysis
5. Monitoring
6. Complex Problem Solving

Pay by region

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under

$74,427

A quarter earn under

$91,162

Half earn under

$109,420

Three quarters earn under

$137,946

The highest-paid tenth earn over

$171,397

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

Programs that train for this job — 17

• A+ Certification / Computer Technician

  Monrovia Community Adult School · Monrovia · $3,760

  Working 6 months later

  67%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $9,750

• Computer Operations 1

  Maxine Waters Employment Prep Center - LAUSD · Los Angeles · $610

  Working 6 months later

  53%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $9,386

• Cybersecurity Support Technician

  Antelope Valley Adult School · Lancaster · $450

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• A+ Certification

  ABCO Technology · Los Angeles · $3,906

  Working 6 months later

  85%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $8,000

• Network Administration

  De Anza College, Occupational Training Institute · Cupertino · $5,559

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

  Outcomes cover more than this program The provider filed these figures against more than the program named — several of its programs, or the whole institution. They are shown because they are real, and nothing here ranks or rates them, because they do not describe this program.

• Information Assurance Specialist Apprenticeship

  Rightvarsity Technologies, LLC · San Jose · $11,453

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Network Security Technician

  Ventura Adult and Continuing Education · Ventura · $9,702

  Working 6 months later

  89%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $12,500

  Outcomes cover more than this program The provider filed these figures against more than the program named — several of its programs, or the whole institution. They are shown because they are real, and nothing here ranks or rates them, because they do not describe this program.

• CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker (Online)

  Charter Oak Adult Education · Covina · $2,775

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Computer Operations 1

  Westchester-Emerson Community Adult - LAUSD · Los Angeles · $722

  Working 6 months later

  26%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $9,386

• CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ Certification (DOD8570)

  Career Development Solutions · Orange · $7,073

  Working 6 months later

  62%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $8,832

• Cyber Security Training

  Pacific Union College · Angwin · $15,000

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (V3) (ITIL)

  AAA Institute · Van Nuys · $3,999

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cisco Networking Level 1

  AAA Institute · Van Nuys · $3,999

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Network Specialist - CompTIA Network+ Prep Course

  Mountain View - Los Altos Adult School · Mountain View · $1,683

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• CompTIA- BC

  Kern Community College District · Bakersfield · $1,900

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Youth Apprenticeship - Systems Administrator

  Orange County Department of Education · Costa Mesa · $0

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Network Support Specialist

  New Horizons Learning Group · Anaheim · $24,598

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported