State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: Alabama vs California
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Alabama, $49,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.6%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $49,630
- p25
- $42,260
- p75
- $61,300
- p10
- $35,320
- p90
- $75,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $79,570
- p25
- $62,790
- p75
- $101,780
- p10
- $52,270
- p90
- $122,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.