Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do IT Support Specialists make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level IT Support Specialists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $31220 to $39310 per year or $15 to $19 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Computer User Support Specialist will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Computer User Support Specialist to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do IT Support Specialists make with other careers, they have a salary rank of C.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$41	$84510
Senior (Top 25%)	$32	$65640
Middle (Mid 50%)	$25	$50980
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$19	$39310
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$15	$31220

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
DC	$ 34	$ 71,020
CA	$ 32	$ 66,350
NJ	$ 31	$ 65,260
MA	$ 31	$ 63,860
WA	$ 30	$ 62,180
CO	$ 29	$ 60,440
NY	$ 29	$ 60,160
CT	$ 29	$ 59,990
DE	$ 28	$ 58,780
VA	$ 28	$ 58,290

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Computer User Support Specialist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid IT Support Specialists are in the states of DC, CA, NJ, MA and WA.

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