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State comparison · 2025

Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Texas

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Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Texas, $40,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 22.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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

Texas

Customer Service Representatives

Median
$40,420
p25
$35,420
p75
$48,300
p10
$29,320
p90
$59,590
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.1
See full breakdown for Texas

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.