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Computer and Information Systems Managers pay in California and Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer and Information Systems Managers is $218,290 per year in California. It is $140,360 per year in Kentucky. California is 55.5% above Kentucky on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 94,720 wage and salary jobs in California and 3,130 in Kentucky. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings