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Blockchain Engineers

Maintain and support distributed and decentralized blockchain-based networks or block-chain applications such as cryptocurrency exchange, payment processing, document sharing, and digital voting. Design and deploy secure block-chain design patterns and solutions over geographically distributed networks using advanced technologies. May assist with infrastructure setup and testing for application transparency and security.

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Blockchain Engineers separately. These are the figures for Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299), its parent occupation.

Median annual wage, U.S.$116,580
Employment, U.S.435,370
Median hourly wage$56.05
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$55,940$79,370$116,580$157,500$188,470
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama2,630$106,3300.44
Alaska710$105,9600.78
Arizona5,510$105,2400.61
Arkansas1,120$86,9400.31
California80,150$134,4401.57
Colorado11,800$139,5801.47
Connecticut3,100$127,7200.65
Delaware860$137,4700.63
District of Columbia17,200$156,5908.75
Florida13,710$105,3700.49
Georgia20,630$104,6101.51
Hawaii2,080$120,1001.18
Idaho1,040$98,7000.43
Illinois11,160$99,3600.65
Indiana3,340$93,5400.37
Iowa3,850$107,3400.88
Kansas1,340$103,3800.33
Kentucky1,850$89,4200.33
Louisiana5,020$77,0000.93
Maine900$107,9900.50
Maryland19,060$144,6802.46
Massachusetts6,170$109,5900.61
Michigan7,440$105,6800.60
Minnesota4,180$91,7500.51
Mississippi1,450$86,9400.45
Missouri14,340$101,0401.74
Montana540$81,9700.38
Nebraska2,280$92,4800.79
Nevada2,610$100,2200.60
New Hampshire970$91,7200.51
New Jersey12,010$108,3101.00
New Mexico1,650$127,0900.67
New York11,460$116,9900.42
North Carolina15,090$104,8501.09
North Dakota730$78,3300.60
Ohio6,150$109,7800.40
Oklahoma3,320$102,5200.69
Oregon2,450$97,3500.45
Pennsylvania14,580$107,2300.86
Rhode Island830$102,2100.59
South Carolina4,300$112,2600.67
South Dakota240$105,3700.18
Tennessee10,930$76,4701.19
Texas57,020$111,5301.45
Utah6,680$97,4701.37
Vermont1,320$111,5301.56
Virginia17,000$139,0301.48
Washington14,360$128,9401.44
West Virginia3,380$107,1401.72
Wisconsin4,680$88,1300.57
Wyoming170$94,5200.22

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Database Architects40.976
2Database Administrators40.971
3Information Security Engineers40.966
4Data Warehousing Specialists40.965
5Computer and Information Research Scientists50.964
6Computer Systems Engineers/Architects30.963
7Computer Hardware Engineers40.961
8Information Security Analysts40.960
9Penetration Testers40.959
10Computer Network Architects40.959

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Blockchain Engineers, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Database ArchitectsTechnology Design3.000.976
Database AdministratorsInstructing1.000.971
Computer Hardware EngineersOperations Analysis1.000.961
Computer ProgrammersProgramming1.380.957
Electrical EngineersScience3.620.956
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersQuality Control Analysis0.870.955
Web DevelopersOperations Analysis1.000.950
Computer Systems AnalystsTroubleshooting3.880.944
Web AdministratorsInstructing0.870.943
Software DevelopersTechnology Design3.620.940

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Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Blockchain Engineers, excluding software Blockchain Engineers already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Shell script17 of 2018.2x
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript16 of 2021.7x
Perl19 of 2013.3x
Bash16 of 2021.1x
Unified modeling language UML14 of 2025.8x
UNIX19 of 209.9x
Apache Subversion SVN13 of 2025.0x
Ruby14 of 2019.6x
UNIX Shell13 of 2024.0x
Integrated development environment IDE software13 of 2022.2x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.12
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.75 4.00
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.75 3.75
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.62 4.00
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.50 3.75
Active LearningEssential skill 3.50 3.62
ProgrammingTransferable skill 3.38 3.50
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.38 3.25
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.38 3.12
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.25 3.75
WritingEssential skill 3.25 3.75
SpeakingEssential skill 3.25 3.62
MathematicsEssential skill 3.12 3.38
MonitoringEssential skill 3.12 3.38
Technology DesignTransferable skill 3.00not rated
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Service OrientationTransferable skill 2.75 2.88
PersuasionTransferable skill 2.75 2.75
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 2.62 3.00
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.62 2.88
InstructingTransferable skill 2.50 2.75
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 2.50 2.75
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.50 2.50
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 2.50 2.50
ScienceEssential skill 2.38not rated
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 2.12not rated
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 2.12 1.88
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 2.12 1.88
InstallationTransferable skill 1.50 1.00
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.25not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.25not rated
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.12not rated
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.12not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Computers and Electronics 4.53 6.38
Engineering and Technology 4.27 6.19
Mathematics 3.67 5.06
English Language 3.07 3.75
Design 2.86 3.94
Telecommunications 2.73 3.56
Law and Government 2.73 2.69
Customer and Personal Service 2.62 3.50
Administration and Management 2.53 3.12
Production and Processing 2.53 2.75
Administrative 2.36 3.88
Economics and Accounting 2.33 2.94
Education and Training 2.29 3.13
Personnel and Human Resources 2.20 2.62
Communications and Media 2.13 2.12
Public Safety and Security 2.07 2.25
Sales and Marketing 2.00 2.62
Psychology 2.00 2.00
Physics 1.87 2.06
Building and Construction 1.67not rated
Sociology and Anthropology 1.67 1.56
Geography 1.40 1.19
Foreign Language 1.40 1.12
Mechanical 1.40 1.12
Chemistry 1.33not rated
Food Production 1.33not rated
History and Archeology 1.33not rated
Philosophy and Theology 1.33not rated
Fine Arts 1.13not rated
Therapy and Counseling 1.13not rated
Transportation 1.13not rated
Biology 1.07not rated
Medicine and Dentistry 1.07not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 3.88 4.38
Written Comprehension 3.88 4.38
Deductive Reasoning 3.88 4.25
Oral Expression 3.75 4.12
Inductive Reasoning 3.75 4.00
Problem Sensitivity 3.75 3.88
Near Vision 3.75 3.75
Written Expression 3.62 4.00
Information Ordering 3.62 3.88
Category Flexibility 3.50 3.50
Fluency of Ideas 3.50 3.50
Selective Attention 3.50 3.25
Originality 3.25 3.38
Speech Clarity 3.25 3.00
Speech Recognition 3.12 3.25
Flexibility of Closure 3.12 3.12
Perceptual Speed 3.12 2.88
Mathematical Reasoning 3.00 3.00
Number Facility 3.00 2.88
Speed of Closure 2.75 2.62
Far Vision 2.62 3.00
Visualization 2.62 2.75
Visual Color Discrimination 2.50 2.38
Time Sharing 2.38 2.25
Memorization 2.38 2.12
Finger Dexterity 2.12 1.38
Trunk Strength 2.00 1.50
Control Precision 2.00 1.25
Hearing Sensitivity 1.88 1.50
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.88 1.38
Manual Dexterity 1.88 1.38
Auditory Attention 1.75 1.38
Depth Perception 1.75 1.38
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.75 0.88
Dynamic Strength 1.62 0.75
Dynamic Flexibility 1.12not rated
Explosive Strength 1.12not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.12not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.12not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.12not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.12not rated
Rate Control 1.12not rated
Reaction Time 1.12not rated
Response Orientation 1.12not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.12not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.12not rated
Stamina 1.12not rated
Static Strength 1.12not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 50
  • Jenkins CI hot
  • Linux hot
  • MySQL hot
  • NoSQL hot
  • Splunk Enterprise hot
  • Spring Boot hot
  • Spring Framework hot
  • Amazon Elastic Container Service ECS
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
  • Enterprise application integration EAI software
  • Kotlin
  • Low-level virtual machine LLVM compilers
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Oracle Java Message Service JMS
  • RabbitMQ
  • Software as a service SaaS
  • Software libraries
  • Source code editor software
  • Web framework software

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Blockchain Engineers separately. These are the figures for Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ5005.29$118,120
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA16,6805.25$184,430
Lexington Park, MD1,0005.05$144,680
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV3503.46$106,330
Warner Robins, GA6903.26$100,260
Elizabethtown, KY4503.14$106,330
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX10,1002.79$129,470
Fayetteville, NC9702.65$101,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA16,9302.55$161,700
Burlington-South Burlington, VT8402.51$121,850

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