State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Montana
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Montana, $45,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 9.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.4%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
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
Montana
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $45,290
- p25
- $39,500
- p75
- $50,120
- p10
- $35,100
- p90
- $62,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.