State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Kentucky
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Kentucky, $38,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
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
Kentucky
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $38,700
- p25
- $35,290
- p75
- $47,800
- p10
- $29,440
- p90
- $59,810
- 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.