How much do Computer User Support Specialists make in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?

Percentile spread

For Computer User Support Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $31,250 and the 90th percentile is $77,370. The difference is $46,120, which is 96.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,510 to the 75th at $58,990, covers $20,480.

The mean annual wage is $50,060, which sits above the median of $47,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Brownsville-Harlingen, TX median is 22.8% lower than the national median of $61,860 for Computer User Support Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,516, which is 10.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.8% lower than the Texas median of $59,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 85.975, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer User Support Specialists at $55,516 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer User Support Specialists. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ranks 5th of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 48 miles away, with a median of $50,460 and employment of 910. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,746, against $55,516 here.
• Corpus Christi, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $53,770 and employment of 560. That median is 12.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,022, against $55,516 here.
• Laredo, TX is 162 miles away, with a median of $49,280 and employment of 300. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,672, against $55,516 here.

Employment share

Computer User Support Specialists accounts for 0.28% of wage-and-salary employment in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (440 of 157,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.46% of employment (717,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.