State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Kansas
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Kansas, $56,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.7%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kansas
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $56,150
- p25
- $47,470
- p75
- $64,890
- p10
- $38,460
- p90
- $76,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.