State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Massachusetts
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Massachusetts, $75,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
+6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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%
Massachusetts
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $75,070
- p25
- $60,540
- p75
- $91,020
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $104,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.