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Computer User Support Specialists pay in Arkansas and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer User Support Specialists is $46,360 per year in Arkansas. It is $80,950 per year in District of Columbia. Arkansas is 42.7% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1232 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 4,390 wage and salary jobs in Arkansas and 3,140 in District of Columbia. 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