State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Illinois
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Illinois, $46,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.4%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-2.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Illinois
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $46,130
- p25
- $37,680
- p75
- $58,050
- p10
- $33,590
- p90
- $71,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.