BLS Shows 13.5% IT Job Growth From 2021-2025 as Only 6 of 13 Roles Beat Inflation
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Updated · Spiceworks News and Insights · May 26
BLS Shows 13.5% IT Job Growth From 2021-2025 as Only 6 of 13 Roles Beat Inflation
1 articles · Updated · Spiceworks News and Insights · May 26
13.5% IT employment growth between 2021 and 2025 outpaced the 10.4% rise across all U.S. jobs, but gains were concentrated in five roles including IT managers, software developers and information security analysts.
6 of 13 tracked IT occupations posted median pay increases above 19.4% inflation, while the seven that lagged still paid more than $100,000 in 2025, suggesting slower raises at the top end.
$50,980 was the median wage across all occupations in 2025; even entry-level computer user support specialists earned about 1.2 times that, while IT managers made 3.5 times the national median.
Sharp declines hit computer programmers, database administrators, web developers and network support specialists, even as adjacent senior roles such as software developers, database architects and network architects expanded.
Information security analysts and web and digital interface designers emerged as the clearest winners from 2021 to 2025, combining faster-than-inflation pay growth with stronger-than-average hiring.
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