State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs North Carolina
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In North Carolina, $40,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.2%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
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
North Carolina
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $40,240
- p25
- $34,960
- p75
- $48,590
- p10
- $30,200
- p90
- $59,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.