State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs South Carolina
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In South Carolina, $38,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.5%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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
South Carolina
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $38,860
- p25
- $34,940
- p75
- $47,090
- p10
- $29,720
- p90
- $59,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.