State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Iowa
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Iowa, $46,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
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
Iowa
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $46,090
- p25
- $37,880
- p75
- $54,880
- p10
- $32,450
- p90
- $64,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.