State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Arizona, $61,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $61,410
- p25
- $48,910
- p75
- $76,610
- p10
- $43,750
- p90
- $94,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.