Seventeen tech jobs made it onto Glassdoor's list of the 50 best jobs in the U.S. for 2022, released Feb. 2.
Glassdoor compiled a list of 50 positions with the highest overall job score. The company determined job scores by weighing three factors equally: median annual base salary, overall job satisfaction rating and number of job openings.
Here are the 17 tech jobs on the list:
1. Full stack engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 2
Median base salary: $101,794
Job satisfaction: 4.3/5
2. Data scientist
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 3
Median base salary: $120,000
Job satisfaction: 4.1/5
3. Devops engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 4
Median base salary: $120,095
Job satisfaction: 4.2/5
4. Machine learning engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 6
Median base salary: $130,489
Job satisfaction: 4.3/5
5. Data engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 7
Median base salary: $113,960
Job satisfaction: 4/5
6. Software engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 8
Median base salary: $116,638
Job satisfaction: 3.9/5
7. Java developer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 9
Median base salary: $107,099
Job satisfaction: 4.1/5
8. Back end engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 11
Median base salary: $112,384
Job satisfaction: 4.2/5
9. Cloud engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 12
Median base salary: $118,999
Job satisfaction: 4/5
10. Information security engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 15
Median base salary: $116,919
Job satisfaction: 4.1/5
11. Salesforce developer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 18
Median base salary: $98,972
Job satisfaction: 4.2/5
12. Automation engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 21
Median base salary: $86,832
Job satisfaction: 4.1/5
13. User experience designer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 24
Median base salary: $97,047
Job satisfaction: 4/5
14. Systems engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 30
Median base salary: $100,831
Job satisfaction: 3.9/5
15. Quality assurance engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 37
Median base salary: $87,626
Job satisfaction: 4.1/5
16. Front end engineer
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 38
Median base salary: $81,136
Job satisfaction: 4/5
17. Database architect
Rank on Glassdoor's list: 47
Median base salary: $140,000
Job satisfaction: 4/5