Job Market Health score
32/ 100
Weak
Stable · -2
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Job Market Health scores are derived indicators based on published data, informational only, not a forecast or guarantee.
Network and computer systems administrators
SOC 15-1244 · 15-0000 · Reference month July 2026
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.
In short
As of July 2026, Network and computer systems administrators have a Job Market Health score of 32/100, classified as Weak. This score is our derived indicator, not a government statistic.
The published median annual wage is $99,130.
BLS projects about 13,400 average annual openings and -4.1% employment growth over the 2025-2035 projection period. Projected openings are a modeled yearly average, not jobs open today.
$99,130Median annual wageOEWS May 2025
13,400Projected annual openingsBLS Employment Projections 2025-2035
-4.1%Projected growth2025–2035
314,340Total employmentOEWS May 2025
How to read this page
The score is a national composite from 0 to 100 that weights near term hiring demand at 50 percent, the occupation's own employment fundamentals at 30 percent, and long-term outlook at 20 percent. Wages and occupation profile details are context shown alongside it, not score inputs. See the full methodology.
Median annual wage and metro employment come from BLS OEWS, which is annual. Projected annual openings and projected growth come from BLS Employment Projections and describe the published projection horizon, so they are not a count of jobs open today. Values shown as not published are suppressed by the source rather than filled in here.
Job Market Health trend
Published composite score by reference month
Score components
The three published inputs behind the composite
Largest metro markets by employment
OEWS metro employment, where the jobs are, not a quality ranking
| Metro area | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 17,690 | 1.86 | $119,390 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 11,740 | 2.90 | $103,260 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 9,920 | 3.17 | $125,430 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 8,770 | 1.40 | $106,290 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 6,950 | 1.54 | $103,170 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 6,760 | 2.50 | $116,770 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 6,340 | 2.25 | $97,180 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 6,330 | 1.92 | $101,430 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 6,140 | 2.13 | $101,000 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 5,530 | 2.65 | $104,440 |
Education & training
Typical entry requirements · BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035
Top skills
Occupation profile · O*NET 31.0 Database
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Troubleshooting
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Operations Monitoring
Also known as: LAN Administrator (Local Area Network Administrator), LAN Specialist (Local Area Network Specialist), Network Administrator (Network Admin), Network Analyst, Network Coordinator, Network Engineer
Sources & releases
Every figure above traces to a published release
Values marked “Not published” are suppressed or not published by the source. We leave them blank rather than estimating them.
Related occupations
O*NET® lists these occupations as related. Each link opens the same published view of score, wages and outlook.
Keep going
Learn how to judge a market from these numbers in how to tell if a job market is healthy, or why projected growth and annual openings often disagree in projected growth vs projected annual openings. Coverage, revisions and limits are explained on about the data.
The datasets behind these figures, and what each one can and cannot show, are set out on data sources.