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Computer Systems Analysts pay in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Systems Analysts is $106,410 per year in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. It is $157,140 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 32.3% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1211 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 2,530 wage and salary jobs in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC and 7,260 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