Computer User Support Specialists
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 13,580.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Boston earn more.
$77,850 in Boston buys what $71,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston This page | $77,850 | $71,900 | 108.3 | — |
| Amherst Town | $64,470 | $64,300 | 100.2 | −10.6% |
| Springfield | $63,960 | $66,600 | 96.1 | −7.4% |
| Barnstable Town | $62,770 | $63,800 | 98.4 | −11.2% |
| Worcester | $62,280 | $60,700 | 102.5 | −15.5% |
| Pittsfield | $60,100 | $63,200 | 95.1 | −12.1% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 13,580 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 15-1232, Computer User Support Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as computer-user-support-specialists.
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