State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs South Dakota
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In South Dakota, $40,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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 Dakota
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $40,650
- p25
- $36,470
- p75
- $48,290
- p10
- $31,050
- p90
- $55,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.