State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: Alabama vs Washington
Computer User Support Specialists in Washington earn a median of $75,220. In Alabama, $49,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
-34%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.5%
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
Washington
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $75,220
- p25
- $60,160
- p75
- $92,760
- p10
- $48,710
- p90
- $128,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.