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Computer and Information Systems Managers pay in California and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer and Information Systems Managers is $218,290 per year in California. It is $214,960 per year in Massachusetts. California is 1.5% above Massachusetts 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 24,910 in Massachusetts. 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