State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Pennsylvania, $58,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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%
Pennsylvania
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $58,670
- p25
- $47,190
- p75
- $73,230
- p10
- $38,280
- p90
- $84,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.