State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Michigan
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Michigan, $56,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.5%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+23%
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%
Michigan
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $56,240
- p25
- $46,220
- p75
- $70,000
- p10
- $38,150
- p90
- $84,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.