State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Mississippi
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Mississippi, $52,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 52.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.3%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+19.7%
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%
Mississippi
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $52,230
- p25
- $43,830
- p75
- $64,740
- p10
- $35,220
- p90
- $82,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.