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State comparison · 2025

Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Maryland

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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
See full breakdown for California

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
See full breakdown for Maryland

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.