State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: California vs Virginia
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Virginia, $65,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.7%
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%
Virginia
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $65,040
- p25
- $51,460
- p75
- $80,870
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $101,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.