State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Minnesota
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Minnesota, $63,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Minnesota
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $63,630
- p25
- $54,450
- p75
- $78,710
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $95,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.