State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Maryland
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Maryland, $64,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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%
Maryland
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $64,750
- p25
- $51,270
- p75
- $82,560
- p10
- $38,760
- p90
- $106,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.