State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Tennessee
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Tennessee, $55,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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%
Tennessee
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $55,990
- p25
- $47,010
- p75
- $66,700
- p10
- $38,500
- p90
- $80,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.