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Computer User Support Specialists pay in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA and Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer User Support Specialists is $57,720 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. It is $106,040 per year in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 45.6% below Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 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 400 wage and salary jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA and 13,820 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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