State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs North Carolina
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In North Carolina, $60,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
North Carolina
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $60,120
- p25
- $47,520
- p75
- $77,130
- p10
- $38,270
- p90
- $97,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.