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State comparison · 2025

Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Pennsylvania

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Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Pennsylvania, $44,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 11%.

Nominal pay gap
+11%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
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
See full breakdown for California

Pennsylvania

Customer Service Representatives

Median
$44,630
p25
$36,760
p75
$51,750
p10
$31,430
p90
$63,370
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.6
See full breakdown for Pennsylvania

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.