Computer User Support Specialists · SOC 15-1232

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Computer User Support Specialistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for computer user support specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 391 metro areas

Computer User Support Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$106,040	13,820	12.8
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$93,590	5,790	5.1
3	Carson City, NV	$93,560	560	17.6
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,440	10,770	4.5
5	Vallejo, CA	$81,280	330	2.3
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$80,520	960	4.8
7	Napa, CA	$79,050	160	2.1
8	Yuba City, CA	$78,420	160	3.2
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,330	15,030	7.2
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$78,070	2,460	6.1
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$77,860	18,510	5.9
12	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$77,850	13,580	5.0
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$76,900	520	2.5
14	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$75,720	210	2.2
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$75,690	36,580	3.9
16	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$75,480	9,960	6.2
17	El Centro, CA	$75,460	130	2.0
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$75,070	20,660	3.3
19	Boulder, CO	$74,380	1,710	8.9
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$74,020	5,260	3.4
21	Salinas, CA	$73,540	340	1.8
22	New Haven, CT	$73,210	1,150	4.1
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$72,140	3,540	2.1
24	Redding, CA	$71,940	160	2.3
25	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$71,920	1,180	4.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Computer User Support Specialists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.