State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: Alabama vs California
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Alabama, $38,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.5%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $38,400
- p25
- $34,370
- p75
- $46,500
- p10
- $29,920
- p90
- $55,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $49,560
- p25
- $44,200
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $75,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.