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Computer Network Support Specialists pay in Fort Smith, AR-OK and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Network Support Specialists is $58,810 per year in Fort Smith, AR-OK. It is $124,130 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Fort Smith, AR-OK is 52.6% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1231 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Fort Smith, AR-OK and 1,080 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. 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