Highest-paying Cities for Computer User Support Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for computer user support specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of computer user support specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $76,620, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for computer user support specialists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $71,150). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of computer user support specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Computer User Support Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,620	$46,240	12,740
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$71,150	$43,420	14,830
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$71,050	$41,610	8,500
4	Napa, California	$65,880	$38,160	150
5	Carson City, Nevada	$65,840	$43,790	500
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$64,710	$42,500	1,250
7	Salinas, California	$63,880	$42,210	200
8	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$63,770	$39,180	4,600
9	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$63,740	$40,280	100
10	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$61,980	$38,110	210
11	Longview, Washington	$61,820	$34,750	90
12	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$61,720	$37,670	290
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,170	$40,670	17,250
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$60,910	$38,310	15,500
15	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,870	$23,900	100
16	Framingham, Massachusetts	$60,790	$37,390	1,910
17	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$60,770	$39,710	4,420
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$60,640	$37,760	19,090
19	Ithaca, New York	$60,210	$40,390	290
20	Boulder, Colorado	$60,110	$36,120	1,690
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,090	$40,860	13,110
22	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$59,890	$35,890	41,940
23	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$59,630	$36,180	540
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,500	$39,940	3,990
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,200	$35,900	2,260
26	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$58,680	$38,800	4,680
27	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$58,580	$37,210	9,090
28	Stockton, California	$58,520	$35,070	340
29	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$58,460	$35,260	80
30	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$58,070	$36,680	13,630
31	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$57,640	$36,730	10,990
32	Dover, Delaware	$57,580	$40,200	200
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$57,410	$29,370	670
34	Visalia-Porterville, California	$57,190	$29,090	320
35	Albany, Oregon	$57,180	$31,560	100
36	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,000	$33,980	21,760
37	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$56,940	$32,520	3,720
38	Walla Walla, Washington	$56,670	$39,040	50
39	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$56,630	$36,070	340
40	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$56,570	$32,440	3,260
41	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$56,560	$34,330	300
42	Syracuse, New York	$56,410	$33,450	1,420
43	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$56,380	$31,490	60
44	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$56,340	$38,580	160
45	Olympia, Washington	$56,310	$33,110	620
46	New Haven, Connecticut	$56,170	$37,080	1,390
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$56,120	$35,050	23,640
48	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$56,000	$24,090	340
49	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$55,950	$39,430	480
50	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$55,940	$35,610	800
51	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$55,740	$29,260	630
52	El Centro, California	$55,650	$33,850	90
53	Danbury, Connecticut	$55,600	$34,340	300
54	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$55,590	$35,530	1,220
55	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$55,290	$35,960	100
56	Winchester, West Virginia	$55,280	$37,550	170
57	Anchorage, Alaska	$55,210	$38,020	420
58	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$55,200	$33,240	2,810
59	Madison, Wisconsin	$55,180	$34,910	2,760
60	Fairbanks, Alaska	$55,160	$41,460	70
61	State College, Pennsylvania	$55,160	$41,500	360
62	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$55,120	$35,840	10,250
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$55,020	$31,870	14,960
64	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$54,760	$23,860	14,270
65	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$54,760	$39,610	100
66	Peabody, Massachusetts	$54,740	$31,820	340
67	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$54,730	$31,420	6,810
68	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$54,640	$33,110	260
69	Burlington, North Carolina	$54,640	$33,500	170
70	Wilmington, New Jersey	$54,530	$35,890	1,670
71	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$54,530	$27,980	310
72	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$54,270	$33,160	3,070
73	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$54,250	$33,060	1,110
74	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$54,200	$35,380	12,760
75	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$54,190	$35,690	730
76	Rochester, Minnesota	$53,930	$30,210	200
77	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$53,800	$30,040	500
78	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$53,680	$33,170	4,950
79	Bloomington, Illinois	$53,590	$33,050	500
80	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$53,310	$32,470	110
81	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$53,240	$34,540	150
82	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$53,220	$33,290	70
83	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$53,170	$32,770	22,290
84	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$53,160	$30,310	180
85	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$53,080	$38,890	1,090
86	Manchester, New Hampshire	$53,070	$34,590	670
87	Charlottesville, Virginia	$52,960	$33,690	450
88	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$52,940	$32,930	5,000
89	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$52,940	$35,750	270
90	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$52,920	$33,330	580
91	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$52,890	$35,840	180
92	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$52,700	$35,160	330
93	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$52,690	$32,950	1,410
94	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$52,670	$23,690	60
95	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$52,650	$38,140	190
96	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$52,630	$34,430	120
97	The Villages, Florida	$52,570	$30,220	40
98	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$52,530	$32,800	300
99	Muncie, Indiana	$52,530	$29,130	380
100	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$52,520	$28,850	18,360

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