Pay distribution $37,370 10th $46,310 25th $67,700 75th $88,100 90th
Half of Computer User Support Specialists in the Lake Charles metro area earn more than $51,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,310 and $67,700.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $37,370 $46,310 $51,480 $67,700 $88,100 Hourly $17.97 $22.27 $24.75 $32.55 $42.36
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Lake Charles metro areathis metro area
$51,480 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $46,310 to $67,700
$52,440 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $45,050 to $65,350
$61,860 median for United States; middle half earns $49,000 to $79,040
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs Louisiana overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $29,490 $55,007 $80,523 $106,040 Guayama, PR — $29,490 Ponce, PR — $30,090 Arecibo, PR — $30,490 Mayaguez, PR — $34,640 Aguadilla, PR — $34,830 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $36,720 Sebring, FL — $43,740 Johnson City, TN — $46,510 Lawton, OK — $46,670 Enid, OK — $46,910 Dothan, AL — $47,000 Sumter, SC — $47,080 Gainesville, FL — $47,130 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,210 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $47,260 Gadsden, AL — $47,360 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,400 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,560 Kokomo, IN — $47,600 Eagle Pass, TX — $47,650 Joplin, MO-KS — $47,670 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $47,730 Morristown, TN — $47,770 Johnstown, PA — $48,020 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $48,170 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,260 San Angelo, TX — $48,360 Tuscaloosa, AL — $48,490 Mansfield, OH — $48,520 Texarkana, TX-AR — $48,520 Jackson, TN — $48,530 Cleveland, TN — $48,670 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $48,790 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $49,120 Hammond, LA — $49,120 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $49,120 Albany, GA — $49,130 Tallahassee, FL — $49,170 Laredo, TX — $49,280 Amarillo, TX — $49,440 Niles, MI — $49,450 Victoria, TX — $49,450 Hattiesburg, MS — $49,510 Alexandria, LA — $49,520 College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,590 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $49,630 Grand Island, NE — $49,680 Huntsville, AL — $49,740 Jacksonville, NC — $49,770 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,830 Lubbock, TX — $49,840 Las Cruces, NM — $49,930 Montgomery, AL — $49,940 Lima, OH — $49,980 Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,990 Florence, SC — $50,000 Columbia, SC — $50,080 Rapid City, SD — $50,080 Terre Haute, IN — $50,160 Lafayette, LA — $50,200 Jonesboro, AR — $50,220 Springfield, MO — $50,240 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $50,430 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $50,460 Decatur, IL — $50,470 Hot Springs, AR — $50,510 Ocala, FL — $50,530 Fort Wayne, IN — $50,630 Mobile, AL — $50,680 Springfield, OH — $50,680 Charleston, WV — $50,700 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $50,710 Williamsport, PA — $50,770 Jackson, MI — $50,800 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,840 Sherman-Denison, TX — $50,890 Tulsa, OK — $50,940 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,080 Wausau, WI — $51,130 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,140 Muncie, IN — $51,200 Manhattan, KS — $51,230 Flint, MI — $51,300 Lake Charles, LA — $51,480 Twin Falls, ID — $51,570 Yuma, AZ — $51,620 Gettysburg, PA — $51,700 Albuquerque, NM — $51,710 Bowling Green, KY — $51,710 Monroe, LA — $51,710 Columbus, GA-AL — $51,730 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $51,750 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $51,810 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $51,840 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,880 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $51,990 Erie, PA — $52,000 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $52,000 Altoona, PA — $52,100 Abilene, TX — $52,150 Medford, OR — $52,190 Utica-Rome, NY — $52,350 El Paso, TX — $52,370 Goldsboro, NC — $52,370 Wichita, KS — $52,480 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,520 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $52,520 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,590 Jackson, MS — $52,600 Great Falls, MT — $52,790 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $52,920 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $52,990 Valdosta, GA — $53,160 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $53,170 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $53,230 Knoxville, TN — $53,350 Binghamton, NY — $53,540 Morgantown, WV — $53,720 Corpus Christi, TX — $53,770 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $53,780 Baton Rouge, LA — $53,900 Chambersburg, PA — $53,920 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $54,010 Homosassa Springs, FL — $54,080 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $54,170 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $54,190 Evansville, IN — $54,330 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $54,430 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $54,450 Bloomington, IL — $54,460 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $54,470 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $54,490 Sandusky, OH — $54,510 Lynchburg, VA — $54,530 Rome, GA — $54,540 Farmington, NM — $54,590 Rockford, IL — $54,800 Ann Arbor, MI — $55,010 Bay City, MI — $55,020 Elmira, NY — $55,060 Oklahoma City, OK — $55,230 Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,280 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $55,320 Reno, NV — $55,330 Birmingham, AL — $55,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $55,430 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,440 Longview, TX — $55,740 Roanoke, VA — $55,750 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $55,850 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $55,910 Bloomington, IN — $55,940 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $55,940 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $55,980 Lincoln, NE — $56,010 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $56,290 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $56,290 Waco, TX — $56,420 Billings, MT — $56,430 Traverse City, MI — $56,520 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $56,620 Killeen-Temple, TX — $56,630 Columbia, MO — $56,670 Bangor, ME — $56,720 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $56,730 Lawrence, KS — $56,760 Wheeling, WV-OH — $56,800 Spartanburg, SC — $56,840 Topeka, KS — $56,870 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $56,900 Jefferson City, MO — $56,940 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $56,990 Pocatello, ID — $57,040 Appleton, WI — $57,060 Akron, OH — $57,100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $57,140 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $57,340 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $57,400 Kenosha, WI — $57,440 Beckley, WV — $57,570 Paducah, KY-IL — $57,570 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,580 Kankakee, IL — $57,580 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $57,590 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $57,620 Tucson, AZ — $57,660 Tyler, TX — $57,660 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $57,680 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $57,720 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $57,720 Fayetteville, NC — $57,740 Grants Pass, OR — $57,910 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $57,920 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $57,980 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $58,130 Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,330 Boise City, ID — $58,340 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $58,340 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,350 Columbus, IN — $58,380 Battle Creek, MI — $58,410 Missoula, MT — $58,460 Reading, PA — $58,460 Saginaw, MI — $58,480 Gainesville, GA — $58,500 Glens Falls, NY — $58,550 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $58,550 Warner Robins, GA — $58,580 Lancaster, PA — $58,610 Springfield, IL — $58,610 Dalton, GA — $58,630 Asheville, NC — $58,640 Canton-Massillon, OH — $58,650 Lebanon, PA — $58,650 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $58,670 Peoria, IL — $58,680 Toledo, OH — $58,830 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $58,870 York-Hanover, PA — $58,880 Punta Gorda, FL — $58,910 Santa Fe, NM — $58,920 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $58,960 Urban Honolulu, HI — $58,960 Monroe, MI — $58,980 Sheboygan, WI — $58,990 Winston-Salem, NC — $59,000 Pittsburgh, PA — $59,010 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,040 Port St. Lucie, FL — $59,060 Elizabethtown, KY — $59,140 Dubuque, IA — $59,190 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,210 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $59,210 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $59,250 Harrisonburg, VA — $59,310 Jacksonville, FL — $59,340 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $59,350 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,380 Green Bay, WI — $59,390 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,390 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,420 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,450 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,460 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $59,520 Burlington, NC — $59,550 Madison, WI — $59,590 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,630 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,650 Decatur, AL — $59,680 Duluth, MN-WI — $59,710 Idaho Falls, ID — $59,730 Wichita Falls, TX — $59,750 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,800 Eau Claire, WI — $59,810 Cleveland, OH — $59,890 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $59,890 Colorado Springs, CO — $59,930 Winchester, VA-WV — $60,000 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $60,060 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,080 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,090 Pittsfield, MA — $60,100 Vineland, NJ — $60,150 St. George, UT — $60,180 Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,210 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,220 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,230 Ogden, UT — $60,260 Hinesville, GA — $60,320 Salisbury, MD — $60,350 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,500 Rochester, NY — $60,620 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,660 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,710 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $60,730 Flagstaff, AZ — $60,770 Richmond, VA — $60,790 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,810 Omaha, NE-IA — $60,870 St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,940 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $60,990 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,050 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $61,090 Minot, ND — $61,110 Mankato, MN — $61,150 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $61,190 Wilmington, NC — $61,240 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,260 Lexington Park, MD — $61,320 St. Cloud, MN — $61,470 Corvallis, OR — $61,480 Greenville, NC — $61,480 Salem, OR — $61,510 Iowa City, IA — $61,750 Cheyenne, WY — $61,780 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,880 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $61,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $61,940 Savannah, GA — $61,970 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,990 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,110 Odessa, TX — $62,120 Midland, TX — $62,140 Bozeman, MT — $62,160 Ithaca, NY — $62,160 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,210 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $62,280 Worcester, MA — $62,280 Chico, CA — $62,300 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,310 Bellingham, WA — $62,400 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $62,410 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,410 Midland, MI — $62,460 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,460 Owensboro, KY — $62,490 Columbus, OH — $62,540 Portland-South Portland, ME — $62,540 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $62,710 Barnstable Town, MA — $62,770 Syracuse, NY — $62,810 Fond du Lac, WI — $62,870 Logan, UT-ID — $62,920 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,950 Fairbanks-College, AK — $62,970 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $62,980 Walla Walla, WA — $63,010 Helena, MT — $63,250 Fresno, CA — $63,370 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $63,460 Charlottesville, VA — $63,530 Visalia, CA — $63,590 Albany, OR — $63,720 State College, PA — $63,790 Ames, IA — $63,830 Grand Junction, CO — $63,860 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $63,930 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $63,960 Springfield, MA — $63,960 Longview-Kelso, WA — $64,040 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $64,250 Bismarck, ND — $64,390 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $64,470 Anchorage, AK — $64,720 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,890 Kingston, NY — $64,950 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,070 Dover, DE — $65,080 Greeley, CO — $65,140 Rochester, MN — $65,200 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,880 Bend, OR — $66,240 Yakima, WA — $66,250 Modesto, CA — $66,390 Pueblo, CO — $66,430 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $66,540 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $67,500 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $68,250 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $68,330 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,070 Merced, CA — $69,610 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $70,110 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $71,490 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $71,620 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $71,750 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $71,770 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $71,920 Redding, CA — $71,940 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,140 New Haven, CT — $73,210 Salinas, CA — $73,540 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $74,020 Boulder, CO — $74,380 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $75,070 El Centro, CA — $75,460 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $75,480 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,690 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $75,720 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $76,900 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $77,850 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $78,070 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $78,330 Yuba City, CA — $78,420 Napa, CA — $79,050 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $80,520 Vallejo, CA — $81,280 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $89,440 Carson City, NV — $93,560 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $93,590 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $106,040 Lake Charles metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Lake Charles metro area has the 308th-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Louisiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer user support specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lake Charles metro areathis page
$51,480 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $46,310 to $67,700
$59,800 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $47,360 to $76,240
$53,900 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $47,000 to $64,430
$53,170 median for Houma metro area; middle half earns $46,160 to $60,290
$51,710 median for Monroe metro area; middle half earns $40,600 to $62,050
$51,140 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $47,170 to $61,310
$50,200 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $45,840 to $62,580
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .