State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Texas
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Texas, $59,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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%
Texas
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $59,490
- p25
- $47,270
- p75
- $72,820
- p10
- $38,690
- p90
- $90,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +78%
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.