SOC 15-1232, wage year 2025-26

Computer User Support Specialists prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for computer user support specialists across its 28 areas is $24.16 an hour at Level 1 ($50,242 a year) and $40.20 an hour at Level 4 ($83,616 a year). The Level 2 median of $29.11 is 24% above the national median across areas ($23.48). Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is the highest-paying area at $40.16 at Level 2, and Visalia, CA the lowest at $24.71.

Every California area for computer user support specialists

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$32.78	$40.16	$47.54	$54.92
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$28.60	$35.91	$43.21	$50.52
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$28.22	$35.77	$43.32	$50.87
Vallejo, CA	$27.31	$33.91	$40.50	$47.10
Napa, CA	$26.78	$33.44	$40.11	$46.77
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$27.51	$32.27	$37.02	$41.78
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$26.73	$31.88	$37.03	$42.18
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$26.15	$31.55	$36.94	$42.34
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$26.15	$31.30	$36.46	$41.61
Yuba City, CA	$26.29	$30.92	$35.55	$40.18
Salinas, CA	$25.10	$30.14	$35.18	$40.22
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$24.45	$30.06	$35.67	$41.28
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$24.33	$29.64	$34.96	$40.27
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$23.56	$29.18	$34.80	$40.42
Modesto, CA	$24.37	$29.03	$33.69	$38.35
El Centro, CA	$23.23	$28.93	$34.64	$40.34
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$23.98	$28.92	$33.86	$38.80
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$23.62	$28.50	$33.38	$38.26
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$22.80	$28.39	$33.97	$39.56
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$23.43	$27.95	$32.47	$36.99
Merced, CA	$23.28	$27.70	$32.13	$36.55
Fresno, CA	$22.99	$27.61	$32.23	$36.85
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$22.16	$27.25	$32.33	$37.42
Redding, CA	$22.18	$27.06	$31.94	$36.82
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$22.59	$27.04	$31.48	$35.93
Chico, CA	$21.76	$25.75	$29.74	$33.73
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$20.79	$25.59	$30.40	$35.20
Visalia, CA	$19.63	$24.71	$29.79	$34.87

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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