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Computer Network Architect Workplace Records
Network architects translate capacity, resilience and security requirements into designs that other teams may implement. An employment concern can arise when an operational outcome is attributed to the designer without considering approval or implementation changes. Explain your actual responsibility and the requirements available when you made a recommendation.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Requirements version
List the requirements and approved revisions that applied to the design connected to your concern.
Decision boundaries
Identify design, approval and implementation roles without assuming they were held by the same person.
Employment response
Keep your own review and clarification request separately from restricted network and security records.
Start with the work you actually do
Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning, including analysis of capacity needs for network infrastructures. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Computer Network Architects (15-1241.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Develop disaster recovery plans.Source task 18968 · updated 08/2024
- Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or automated security probes.Source task 18971 · updated 08/2024
- Develop and implement solutions for network problems.Source task 18965 · updated 08/2024
- Maintain networks by performing activities such as file addition, deletion, or backup.Source task 18977 · updated 08/2024
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Computer Network Architects (SOC 15-1241). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
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The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $47.91 | $62.89 | $75.91 | $130,810 |
| Alaska | $49.42 | $57.56 | $75.21 | $119,720 |
| Arizona | $48.88 | $62.93 | $79.32 | $130,890 |
| Arkansas | $47.01 | $53.08 | $66.23 | $110,400 |
| Connecticut | $60.61 | $69.18 | $83.61 | $143,890 |
| Delaware | $54.36 | $71.34 | $81.84 | $148,390 |
| Florida | $49.96 | $63.85 | $80.25 | $132,800 |
| Georgia | $46.75 | $64.37 | $80.09 | $133,890 |
| Hawaii | $39.24 | $51.92 | $65.05 | $108,000 |
| Idaho | $39.21 | $51.74 | $66.24 | $107,620 |
| Indiana | $44.77 | $59.71 | $72.17 | $124,190 |
| Iowa | $38.52 | $49.54 | $63.19 | $103,050 |
| Kansas | $36.75 | $48.37 | $62.44 | $100,610 |
| Kentucky | $37.81 | $49.87 | $62.66 | $103,740 |
| Louisiana | $46.28 | $51.26 | $61.72 | $106,620 |
| Maine | $47.66 | $52.20 | $61.73 | $108,570 |
| Michigan | $41.88 | $53.87 | $69.73 | $112,040 |
| Minnesota | $50.07 | $64.07 | $75.55 | $133,270 |
| Mississippi | $35.92 | $43.75 | $63.75 | $90,990 |
| Missouri | $37.90 | $49.58 | $65.47 | $103,130 |
| Montana | $43.19 | $50.14 | $62.84 | $104,300 |
| Nebraska | $42.65 | $55.97 | $66.86 | $116,420 |
| New Hampshire | $45.56 | $60.30 | $81.46 | $125,420 |
| New Mexico | $41.06 | $52.44 | $60.84 | $109,080 |
| New York | $52.04 | $67.49 | $83.28 | $140,390 |
| North Carolina | $50.11 | $61.21 | $77.81 | $127,320 |
| North Dakota | $45.17 | $52.40 | $64.17 | $108,990 |
| Ohio | $49.34 | $63.01 | $78.08 | $131,070 |
| Oklahoma | $41.08 | $52.62 | $64.28 | $109,450 |
| Pennsylvania | $49.15 | $63.39 | $79.75 | $131,840 |
| Rhode Island | $51.59 | $63.14 | $80.44 | $131,320 |
| South Dakota | $56.14 | $73.75 | $95.87 | $153,390 |
| Tennessee | $49.06 | $59.55 | $71.18 | $123,860 |
| Texas | $48.27 | $64.09 | $79.91 | $133,310 |
| Utah | $47.69 | $58.17 | $72.20 | $121,000 |
| Vermont | $45.67 | $53.33 | $63.29 | $110,930 |
| Virginia | $52.77 | $67.95 | $83.90 | $141,340 |
| West Virginia | $43.64 | $58.91 | $63.08 | $122,520 |
| Wisconsin | $50.57 | $63.33 | $76.77 | $131,720 |
| Wyoming | $39.81 | $48.33 | $49.07 | $100,520 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Trace the approved architecture
Describe the network function in general terms, the proposed design and the role that approved it. Record changes in capacity, recovery objectives or available equipment. Distinguish an architectural recommendation from a configuration another team deployed, without copying diagrams or sensitive design documents.
Explain review dependencies
Note requests for access, testing or decisions that affected your delivery dates. If performance feedback cites an outage or security event, separate verified findings from assumptions still being investigated. Preserve your own permitted assignment correspondence and evaluation rather than reconstructing the incident from exported network logs.
Protect privileged access
Do not take firewall rules, credentials, topology details, security reports or customer configurations. Identify supporting records by category and approved location. Never use retained access after authorization ends or test a live network to gather personal evidence; describe your workplace instruction and response instead.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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