State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Maryland
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Maryland, $42,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.7%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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
Maryland
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $42,830
- p25
- $36,430
- p75
- $50,490
- p10
- $32,600
- p90
- $64,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.