CTO Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for CTO positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$171,200

National average

Salary Range

$104,450 – N/A

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Computer and Information Systems Managers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$221,810$150,370N/A
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$212,450$142,390N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$212,400$136,030N/A
California$211,340$127,220N/A
New York$209,980$129,400N/A
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$207,150$134,310N/A
Washington$206,420$133,320N/A
Massachusetts$203,300$131,300N/A
Boulder, CO$202,270$133,730N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$200,790$126,770N/A
New Jersey$196,480$131,610N/A
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$193,370$123,300N/A
Virginia$192,870$126,480N/A
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$191,880$133,380N/A
District of Columbia$191,880$128,200N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$191,410$119,550N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$190,590$116,530N/A
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$183,050$131,390N/A
State College, PA$181,570$108,750$233,370
Delaware$180,960$116,430N/A
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$180,330$129,340N/A
Colorado$180,240$125,720N/A
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$180,120$111,660N/A
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$178,820$102,630N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$178,210$123,550N/A
Oregon$178,210$111,380N/A
New Hampshire$177,160$111,910$234,070
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$177,090$81,730$222,100
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$176,900$97,260$217,010
Pittsfield, MA$176,030$95,050N/A
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$175,640$104,210N/A
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$174,730$110,600N/A
Colorado Springs, CO$174,260$111,060N/A
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$174,150$105,260N/A
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$174,010$98,900N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$173,630$116,980N/A
Kennewick-Richland, WA$173,620$116,660N/A
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$173,300$115,500N/A
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$173,250$104,170N/A
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$173,130$106,660N/A
Winchester, VA-WV$172,220$102,820N/A
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$172,100$111,070N/A
Richmond, VA$172,070$115,680N/A
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$171,930$106,680N/A
Binghamton, NY$171,880$100,190N/A
Minnesota$171,750$108,030N/A
Maryland$171,570$109,350N/A
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$171,460$105,410N/A
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$171,360$115,060N/A
Rochester, MN$170,990$134,750$220,880
Napa, CA$170,760$113,540N/A
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$170,460$87,590N/A
Lexington Park, MD$170,460$105,250N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$170,330$109,300N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$169,860$109,030N/A
Barnstable Town, MA$169,840$106,110N/A
Midland, TX$169,780$101,500N/A
Raleigh-Cary, NC$169,400$102,610N/A
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$169,380$111,970$231,240
Georgia$169,170$107,380N/A
Manchester-Nashua, NH$168,980$111,840$237,660
Ithaca, NY$168,690$100,990N/A
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$168,640$119,590$216,540
Worcester, MA$168,570$109,150N/A
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$168,230$104,760N/A
Bellingham, WA$167,680$112,220N/A
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$167,630$103,600N/A
North Carolina$167,550$101,650N/A
Monroe, MI$167,520$89,170$207,960
Texas$167,320$104,270N/A
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$167,200$111,350N/A
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$167,190$105,380N/A
Syracuse, NY$167,020$100,050$221,210
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$167,000$109,220$229,130
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$166,900$105,720N/A
Vallejo, CA$166,580$103,700N/A
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$166,470$102,390$236,130
Ann Arbor, MI$166,370$106,770$225,200
Columbus, OH$166,320$105,370N/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$166,230$100,730N/A
Kenosha, WI$166,210$96,600N/A
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$166,010$103,180$223,360
Lynchburg, VA$165,950$98,280N/A
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$165,910$101,180N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$165,760$102,870N/A
Illinois$165,720$101,590N/A
Bloomington, IL$165,720$123,750$210,270
Bend, OR$165,570$105,750N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$165,560$100,590$231,130
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$165,330$100,500N/A
Bozeman, MT$165,170$87,460$226,510
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$165,110$99,370N/A
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$165,100$102,410N/A
Eugene-Springfield, OR$165,100$98,750N/A
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$165,030$99,390N/A
Rhode Island$165,030$99,540N/A
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$164,760$108,030N/A
Florida$164,620$99,430N/A
Connecticut$164,460$103,030N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$163,970$102,650$231,930
Salinas, CA$163,890$108,280N/A
Jacksonville, FL$163,890$99,310$220,800
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$163,750$116,760N/A
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$163,630$101,100$221,090
Ohio$163,260$99,010N/A
Charlottesville, VA$163,230$107,800N/A
Cleveland, OH$163,220$85,030N/A
Greeley, CO$162,920$110,440N/A
Rochester, NY$162,910$104,340N/A
Springfield, MA$162,900$94,280N/A
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$162,740$95,870N/A
Naples-Marco Island, FL$162,600$100,040N/A
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$162,550$112,160$208,480
Utah$162,400$101,440N/A
Longview-Kelso, WA$162,310$110,450$224,540
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$162,100$99,600$237,330
Akron, OH$161,840$97,360N/A
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$161,710$124,080N/A
Pennsylvania$161,570$99,830$225,350
Elmira, NY$161,320$84,150N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$160,900$99,200$232,270
Arizona$160,900$99,450$225,920
South Dakota$160,850$116,330$218,950
Stockton-Lodi, CA$160,790$102,060N/A
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$160,560$92,080N/A
Redding, CA$160,560$98,130$225,410
Grants Pass, OR$160,560$96,310$228,100
Kansas City, MO-KS$160,500$103,180$228,550
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$160,460$102,610$222,560
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$160,300$103,420N/A
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$159,660$87,370$238,420
Bloomington, IN$159,630$95,750$219,940
Eau Claire, WI$159,580$100,460$238,540
Warner Robins, GA$159,560$94,650$202,640
Michigan$159,290$97,260$230,390
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$159,210$99,320N/A
Roanoke, VA$159,190$100,220N/A
Savannah, GA$158,930$100,600$233,250
Merced, CA$158,700$106,290N/A
Rapid City, SD$158,690$110,090N/A
Yakima, WA$158,690$109,660$238,120
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$158,650$113,600$227,400
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$158,400$98,510N/A
Salem, OR$158,390$101,390$214,220
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$158,360$100,510N/A
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$158,350$97,830N/A
Modesto, CA$158,200$101,640N/A
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$158,050$105,510N/A
Punta Gorda, FL$157,940$99,750$220,360
Coeur d'Alene, ID$157,860$83,690$184,550
Ogden, UT$157,690$96,940$212,630
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$157,580$87,100N/A
Niles, MI$157,350$82,010$214,540
Burlington, NC$157,110$105,780$215,770
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$157,100$100,200$218,730
Chambersburg, PA$156,930$92,310$224,230
Dalton, GA$156,820$100,540$212,260
Sheboygan, WI$156,620$105,750$217,470
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$156,610$100,200$226,630
Boise City, ID$156,460$85,110$211,010
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$156,270$89,990$219,970
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$156,190$98,070$225,280
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$156,180$96,010$216,990
Green Bay, WI$155,090$98,040$223,400
Columbus, GA-AL$155,060$99,700$221,280
Pittsburgh, PA$154,870$97,000$214,720
Kansas$154,830$97,720N/A
St. Louis, MO-IL$154,760$89,520$217,610
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$154,660$97,980$210,560
Huntsville, AL$154,520$92,260$215,550
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$153,840$81,650$216,020
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$153,130$81,590$227,950
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$153,110$87,180$232,220
Spartanburg, SC$153,000$99,390$219,990
Gainesville, GA$152,810$96,370N/A
Kingston, NY$152,700$103,030N/A
Reading, PA$152,260$96,410$214,170
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$152,260$94,870N/A
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$152,240$97,780$219,990
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$152,110$92,960$222,420
Lewiston, ID-WA$151,950$79,050$217,970
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$151,820$84,990N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$150,730$91,300$197,480
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$150,690$93,120$213,520
Toledo, OH$150,510$96,720$237,500
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$150,500$96,780$213,330
Tennessee$149,990$92,820$239,060
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$149,990$87,620$231,250
Wisconsin$149,760$98,360$219,280
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$149,650$109,890$228,640
Idaho$149,290$81,570$207,880
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$148,990$82,310$210,560
Idaho Falls, ID$148,400$80,720$197,130
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$148,120$94,270$213,220
New Haven, CT$148,080$102,880$234,280
Appleton, WI$147,740$96,160$214,520
Peoria, IL$147,640$87,310$217,620
Macon-Bibb County, GA$147,570$83,950$216,740
Greensboro-High Point, NC$147,560$88,620$227,240
Tucson, AZ$147,240$85,380$210,010
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$147,160$106,090$215,310
Visalia, CA$147,030$98,100$225,500
Gettysburg, PA$146,980$90,120$211,380
Asheville, NC$146,680$91,470$237,390
El Centro, CA$146,670$85,080$209,270
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$146,490$96,020$216,880
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$146,270$98,080$210,820
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$145,950$95,570$199,250
Yuba City, CA$145,890$97,240$222,730
Chattanooga, TN-GA$145,720$84,990$214,520
Lima, OH$145,670$85,140N/A
West Virginia$145,430$83,200$211,650
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$145,210$116,330$193,440
Fargo, ND-MN$145,060$92,600$200,860
Wausau, WI$144,770$99,330N/A
Wichita, KS$144,660$88,820$221,230
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$144,580$85,220$231,550
Utica-Rome, NY$144,480$88,470$226,510
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$144,420$91,980$223,080
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$144,140$96,270$208,690
Jackson, MI$143,870$89,030$214,990
Saginaw, MI$143,690$90,270$223,860
Cedar Rapids, IA$143,500$99,520$205,340
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$143,410$101,010$202,220
Portland-South Portland, ME$143,390$99,110$209,140
Amarillo, TX$143,250$78,430$203,930
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$143,020$94,710$234,300
Corpus Christi, TX$143,000$84,870$209,890
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$142,720$93,150$211,050
Vineland, NJ$142,710$104,830$199,440
South Carolina$142,490$85,160$224,380
Odessa, TX$142,350$89,170$227,790
Albuquerque, NM$142,240$99,770N/A
Knoxville, TN$142,120$92,850$221,660
Tyler, TX$142,040$89,110$220,960
Winston-Salem, NC$141,940$97,460$214,280
Flint, MI$141,620$82,780$212,630
Reno, NV$141,440$86,640$214,180
Dover, DE$141,260$97,500N/A
St. George, UT$141,190$82,190$208,880
Wilmington, NC$141,190$96,710$230,380
Killeen-Temple, TX$140,950$79,090$206,940
Albany, OR$140,720$94,660$232,530
Harrisonburg, VA$140,520$94,620$210,800
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$140,490$74,300$224,390
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$140,400$85,940$203,410
Lexington-Fayette, KY$140,320$83,050$223,330
Pueblo, CO$140,170$93,380$206,170
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$139,980$92,390$209,250
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$139,980$80,030$221,960
Vermont$139,920$87,500$230,100
Salisbury, MD$139,810$84,990$205,610
Canton-Massillon, OH$139,770$78,170N/A
Missouri$139,740$84,970$211,250
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$139,680$81,240$206,790
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$139,650$96,790$211,720
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$139,430$119,590$227,670
New Mexico$139,330$92,690N/A
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$139,320$86,650N/A
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$139,310$94,950$207,910
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$139,250$94,450$211,400
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$139,100$91,490$217,700
El Paso, TX$139,050$82,700$201,910
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$138,950$85,740N/A
Tulsa, OK$138,920$84,250$210,060
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$138,920$88,600$209,810
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$138,920$99,000$215,390
Urban Honolulu, HI$138,900$103,310$221,000
Battle Creek, MI$138,830$85,300$211,740
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$138,500$95,830$200,190
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$138,480$87,520$213,570
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$138,460$90,010$217,930
Logan, UT-ID$138,420$99,540$210,610
Greenville, NC$138,270$87,280$217,970
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$138,230$86,020$208,530
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$138,140$85,040$219,810
Janesville-Beloit, WI$138,100$94,010$213,450
Santa Fe, NM$138,070$94,390N/A
Hawaii$138,020$97,440$221,000
Madison, WI$138,010$98,730$209,970
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$137,950$87,200$217,350
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$137,890$91,590$229,960
Columbia, SC$137,880$83,490$210,060
Fond du Lac, WI$137,820$95,320$216,290
Omaha, NE-IA$137,680$100,300$210,690
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$137,540$93,760$210,560
St. Cloud, MN$137,420$91,170$205,790
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$137,340$79,090N/A
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$137,330$74,150$165,730
Lancaster, PA$137,080$93,360$211,620
Bismarck, ND$136,920$93,880$188,260
York-Hanover, PA$136,870$89,840$199,350
Nevada$136,690$86,640N/A
Iowa$136,610$96,200$206,310
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$136,560$90,020$217,780
Springfield, OH$136,390$92,740N/A
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$136,360$103,770$216,620
North Dakota$136,300$91,460$183,230
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$136,260$84,060$220,810
Topeka, KS$135,970$84,760$217,400
Lubbock, TX$135,970$82,090$209,990
Port St. Lucie, FL$135,960$89,150$224,870
Fayetteville, NC$135,880$89,380$205,500
Chico, CA$135,610$94,740$204,160
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$135,590$77,020$191,230
Iowa City, IA$135,570$105,410$198,010
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$135,500$95,330$218,520
Missoula, MT$135,350$82,470$211,810
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$135,340$82,250$221,750
Morgantown, WV$135,330$96,950$217,720
Springfield, IL$135,200$85,920$212,050
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$135,200$83,270$236,950
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$135,200$75,500$218,640
Rockford, IL$135,190$86,680$210,330
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$135,190$73,660$225,450
Birmingham, AL$135,100$78,740$215,610
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$134,920$82,760N/A
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$134,810$72,310$211,890
Traverse City, MI$134,770$88,230$204,800
Indiana$134,750$83,930$208,990
Homosassa Springs, FL$134,730$85,160$207,880
Altoona, PA$134,720$83,190$196,630
Fresno, CA$134,710$95,880$218,400
Longview, TX$134,710$76,670$201,400
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$134,660$76,430$239,090
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$134,640$97,740$218,950
Corvallis, OR$134,160$102,880$215,750
Victoria, TX$133,990$72,900$193,830
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$133,970$96,260N/A
Florence, SC$133,960$87,510$235,460
Nebraska$133,950$96,100$205,800
Manhattan, KS$133,930$86,660$208,500
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$133,860$83,170$195,640
Athens-Clarke County, GA$133,750$90,380N/A
San Angelo, TX$133,740$89,330$205,790
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$133,690$67,740$178,710
Alabama$133,500$78,740$212,280
Oklahoma City, OK$133,470$83,570$204,130
Wheeling, WV-OH$133,440$88,280$201,180
Helena, MT$133,270$90,280N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$133,160$80,540$188,940
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$133,040$83,960$205,540
Fort Wayne, IN$133,010$92,590$201,620
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$133,010$54,330$226,830
Mankato, MN$133,010$93,490$199,270
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$132,990$87,090$204,400
Medford, OR$132,970$82,060$226,840
Maine$132,930$93,180$207,890
Monroe, LA$132,910$79,750$195,630
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$132,870$82,760$204,070
Oklahoma$132,790$80,510$205,780
Rocky Mount, NC$132,700$88,950$199,320
Kentucky$132,700$78,080$215,450
Sherman-Denison, TX$132,660$80,010$194,980
Gainesville, FL$132,600$84,990$236,050
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$132,540$81,200$180,050
Mobile, AL$132,530$74,720$204,360
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$132,470$79,010N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$132,460$84,520$227,160
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$132,260$85,010$202,050
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$132,240$79,460$211,740
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$132,170$86,050$216,080
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$132,090$94,560$179,620
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$131,960$71,740$207,770
Waco, TX$131,750$85,950$213,000
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$131,440$82,600$220,990
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$131,380$69,230$207,650
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$131,370$95,170$205,680
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$131,280$90,820$197,670
Anchorage, AK$131,250$84,360$199,770
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$131,090$80,030$212,750
Charleston, WV$131,030$81,490$218,590
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$131,020$82,440$220,810
Lafayette, LA$130,930$82,160$201,670
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$130,900$71,930$199,080
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$130,880$82,000$207,360
Alaska$130,700$84,360$197,800
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$130,690$85,030$204,640
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$130,220$65,970$194,030
Dubuque, IA$130,170$80,210$194,880
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$130,140$81,980$204,400
Abilene, TX$129,800$73,010$214,080
Youngstown-Warren, OH$129,730$80,120$234,430
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$129,690$82,020$182,840
College Station-Bryan, TX$129,610$78,890$207,530
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$129,530$86,170$181,080
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$129,500$83,910$210,090
Duluth, MN-WI$129,450$91,200$201,570
Albany, GA$129,300$91,890$193,300
Ocala, FL$129,260$80,470$196,890
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$129,160$79,180$196,840
Champaign-Urbana, IL$129,160$86,040$202,930
Decatur, IL$129,090$75,800$209,750
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$129,020$83,310$230,240
Grand Island, NE$128,800$91,110$173,830
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$128,790$95,220$202,480
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$128,610$78,430$168,290
Kokomo, IN$128,410$76,180$174,210
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$128,400$86,860$198,970
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$128,320$85,690$221,630
Lawrence, KS$128,270$83,160$200,010
Louisiana$128,230$80,860$207,490
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$128,220$84,930$214,540
Cleveland, TN$128,110$80,360N/A
Las Cruces, NM$127,980$93,690$209,860
Columbus, IN$127,950$82,950$195,970
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$127,940$89,320$199,100
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$127,890$82,690$204,990
Sumter, SC$127,600$80,220$211,530
Muncie, IN$127,430$79,450$192,580
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$127,280$79,210$202,480
Tallahassee, FL$127,210$82,800$208,730
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$127,180$78,270$218,510
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$127,020$85,370$201,180
Texarkana, TX-AR$126,860$65,760$188,560
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$126,850$80,060$189,720
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$126,820$92,060$213,660
Ames, IA$126,810$103,180$216,930
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$126,800$79,260$178,530
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$126,730$78,190$211,570
Valdosta, GA$126,710$81,940$219,340
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$126,590$72,670$201,510
Erie, PA$126,520$90,630$197,310
Lincoln, NE$126,500$87,960$187,910
Goldsboro, NC$126,430$71,900$211,750
Evansville, IN$126,370$83,200$200,340
Columbia, MO$126,270$79,140$207,950
Montgomery, AL$125,890$76,610$191,220
Elizabethtown, KY$125,470$76,960$172,470
Joplin, MO-KS$125,460$74,430$200,050
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$125,430$77,510$201,600
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$125,310$77,390$211,860
Jackson, MS$125,230$82,500$183,120
Owensboro, KY$125,140$74,310$205,940
St. Joseph, MO-KS$125,140$76,640$226,220
Auburn-Opelika, AL$124,490$78,390$175,460
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$124,310$76,890$191,720
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$124,090$96,110$184,670
Twin Falls, ID$123,850$75,700$188,650
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$123,850$83,640$185,980
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$123,820$89,490$196,770
Rome, GA$123,760$72,950$171,890
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$123,580$84,370$181,990
Grand Junction, CO$123,500$81,470$211,670
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$123,480$73,550$207,630
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$123,460$74,480$170,960
Springfield, MO$123,360$77,610$205,910
Minot, ND$123,350$81,790$173,780
Fairbanks-College, AK$123,320$82,570$166,000
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$123,230$67,870$205,440
Laredo, TX$123,200$53,400$198,320
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$123,170$75,280N/A
Lebanon, PA$123,040$77,350$196,320
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$123,020$78,720$205,600
Bay City, MI$122,750$66,620$200,190
Grand Forks, ND-MN$122,710$87,630$180,690
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$122,590$78,960$191,110
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$122,480$75,190$197,750
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$122,330$62,750$186,850
Johnson City, TN$122,180$77,950$202,560
Baton Rouge, LA$121,990$84,070$206,420
Williamsport, PA$121,680$84,470$167,290
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$121,660$89,080$229,210
Kankakee, IL$121,110$68,000$187,780
Cheyenne, WY$121,000$84,720$162,030
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$120,970$67,300$167,100
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$120,820$77,810$177,260
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$120,060$78,820$186,850
Hammond, LA$120,000$78,260$165,940
Mansfield, OH$119,950$55,520$237,760
Terre Haute, IN$119,890$65,450$167,690
Clarksville, TN-KY$119,490$77,170$191,340
Billings, MT$119,260$84,110$198,860
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$119,230$77,330$201,990
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$119,060$83,080$189,790
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$118,850$99,570$203,290
Bangor, ME$118,540$85,200$173,180
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$118,320$79,760$169,710
Arkansas$118,230$63,680$201,710
Wichita Falls, TX$118,040$71,910$197,390
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$117,990$71,290$210,180
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$117,840$74,240$198,150
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$117,800$73,940$179,310
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$117,730$87,500$217,510
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$117,400$72,150$221,360
Mississippi$117,350$74,840$182,840
Flagstaff, AZ$117,290$85,920$181,260
Wyoming$117,060$81,010$165,460
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$116,730$73,610$166,240
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$116,590$83,520$163,170
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$116,580$74,840$193,140
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$116,410$63,260$202,370
Bowling Green, KY$116,230$74,810$186,850
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$116,170$71,660$178,650
Farmington, NM$116,160$83,260$154,510
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$115,900$75,270$170,290
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$115,860$84,770$168,290
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$115,760$80,150$222,550
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$115,510$89,060$164,160
Jefferson City, MO$114,930$74,150$191,980
Lawton, OK$114,700$82,380$188,910
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$114,280$78,530$202,010
Yuma, AZ$114,190$65,200$201,750
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$113,330$72,990$168,610
Alexandria, LA$113,220$74,740$202,960
Tuscaloosa, AL$113,060$75,620$190,260
Carson City, NV$112,880$96,680$175,690
Johnstown, PA$112,840$83,140$192,630
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$112,040$78,860$189,250
Lake Charles, LA$111,770$79,750$180,740
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$111,590$71,950$205,500
Decatur, AL$111,360$68,720$191,880
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$111,160$69,660$160,680
Pocatello, ID$110,790$78,470$208,380
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$110,740$77,170$207,250
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$110,540$73,360$196,940
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$110,510$70,600$182,350
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$110,310$91,820$174,500
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$110,240$81,710$193,520
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$109,820$72,020$170,960
Paducah, KY-IL$109,620$75,140$160,830
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$109,600$71,080N/A
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$109,380$67,090$174,240
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$109,020$80,690$171,700
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$108,600$77,270$165,000
Dothan, AL$108,080$60,100$196,830
Morristown, TN$108,020$69,940$186,850
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$107,600$74,430$170,770
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$107,460$71,420$171,410
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$107,340$72,000$160,160
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$107,340$73,330$232,560
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$107,120$77,820$187,000
Anniston-Oxford, AL$106,970$63,890$162,110
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$106,460$79,040$212,950
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$106,380$73,440$165,210
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$106,040$82,760$180,050
Fort Smith, AR-OK$105,480$66,570$172,600
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$105,170$72,690$165,130
Hattiesburg, MS$104,540$66,040$164,340
Jonesboro, AR$104,330$53,390$184,970
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$102,660$66,340$172,080
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$102,550$68,990$166,710
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$102,490$67,800$164,430
Hot Springs, AR$101,090$61,260$171,420
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$99,820$56,160$167,190
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$95,400$60,230$164,950
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$93,120$54,750$167,190
Puerto Rico$91,730$53,760$167,050
Ponce, PR$89,960$46,010$201,650
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$89,130$60,900$138,040
Virgin Islands$88,300$60,290$151,700
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$79,130$54,600$137,640
Aguadilla, PR$78,030$53,140$138,990
Mayaguez, PR$76,980$40,650$117,350

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a CTO make?

The median annual salary for a CTO is $171,200, with a typical range of $104,450 – N/A depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a CTO?

Entry-level CTO positions typically start around $104,450 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do CTOs earn the most?

CTOs tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.