State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: Alaska vs California
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Alaska, $63,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $63,110
- p25
- $52,420
- p75
- $75,550
- p10
- $45,010
- p90
- $85,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.