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State comparison · 2025

Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Minnesota

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Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Minnesota, $48,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 1.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+1.6%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
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

Minnesota

Customer Service Representatives

Median
$48,800
p25
$41,330
p75
$59,810
p10
$35,730
p90
$72,830
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
98.6
See full breakdown for Minnesota

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.