State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs New Jersey
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In New Jersey, $47,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 3.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.8%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+2%
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
New Jersey
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $47,740
- p25
- $39,410
- p75
- $59,070
- p10
- $35,520
- p90
- $72,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.