State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Kentucky
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Kentucky, $57,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.5%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Kentucky
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $57,850
- p25
- $44,980
- p75
- $71,790
- p10
- $37,000
- p90
- $89,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.