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Computer Support Technicians

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Computer support technicians in the US number about 552,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 7% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 1% of computer support technicians are self-employed.

Training and Education

Expect to need to get an associate degree if you pursue this occupation. 43% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 44 of people working as computer support technicians have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 13% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs per capita for employees are most common in Coeur d'Alene (Idaho), Provo (Utah), and Lowell (Massachusetts), and least common in Kingman (Arizona), Decatur (Alabama), and Ocean City (New Jersey).

Jobs for computer support technicians pay the most in Lowell (Massachusetts), San Jose (California), and Boston (Massachusetts), and the least in Brownsville (Texas), Grand Forks (North Dakota), and Lexington (Kentucky).

Computer Support Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Computer Support Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Computer Support Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Computer Support Technicians are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston60$40,8800.3
AlabamaAuburn180$37,2501
AlabamaBirmingham1,650$45,3600.7
AlabamaDecatur50$31,4700.2
AlabamaDothan90$35,4300.4
AlabamaFlorence70$33,9500.4
AlabamaHuntsville1,100$41,0601.2
AlabamaMobile410$36,7100.5
AlabamaMontgomery580$38,4200.8
AlabamaTuscaloosa170$41,8300.5
AlaskaAnchorage500$46,4400.7
AlaskaFairbanks70$47,9100.6
ArizonaFlagstaff170$42,6100.8
ArizonaKingman50$42,3900.3
ArizonaPhoenix9,450$49,5801.1
ArizonaPrescott160$35,4900.6
ArizonaTucson970$45,2300.6
ArizonaYuma90$41,2500.4
ArkansasFayetteville810$35,9101
ArkansasFort Smith250$35,4100.5
ArkansasHot Springs110$33,3600.8
ArkansasJonesboro140$32,5200.7
ArkansasLittle Rock1,460$39,7401
ArkansasPine Bluff60$33,2100.5
CaliforniaBakersfield530$46,0100.5
CaliforniaChico220$40,6000.8
CaliforniaEl Centro90$44,2600.5
CaliforniaFresno690$42,4000.5
CaliforniaHanford40$43,2200.4
CaliforniaMadera70$45,5700.5
CaliforniaMerced120$45,6400.5
CaliforniaModesto260$45,9800.4
CaliforniaNapa100$46,6300.4
CaliforniaOakland5,020$53,9301.1
CaliforniaOxnard1,180$46,0500.9
CaliforniaRedding160$46,6800.6
CaliforniaRiverside3,210$47,6500.6
CaliforniaSacramento3,770$51,2801
CaliforniaSalinas360$47,4800.5
CaliforniaSan Diego6,300$46,9701.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco5,510$60,2101.2
CaliforniaSan Jose7,610$67,3001.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo330$48,2200.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana7,970$49,0501.2
CaliforniaSanta Barbara920$44,5001.3
CaliforniaSanta Cruz300$50,6000.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa510$49,8500.6
CaliforniaStockton390$42,9400.4
CaliforniaVallejo450$53,2100.9
CaliforniaVisalia260$41,3600.5
CaliforniaYuba City120$41,6000.8
ColoradoBoulder1,200$48,2001.8
ColoradoColorado Springs1,560$48,1601.4
ColoradoDenver7,750$51,8701.4
ColoradoFort Collins810$48,4901.6
ColoradoGrand Junction150$44,9300.7
ColoradoGreeley220$45,8700.7
ColoradoPueblo110$42,6400.5
ConnecticutBridgeport1,920$55,0801
ConnecticutDanbury230$46,1800.8
ConnecticutHartford2,600$51,7401
ConnecticutNew Haven820$50,5500.7
ConnecticutNorwich400$46,0600.8
ConnecticutWaterbury200$45,3000.7
DelawareDover200$49,5800.9
DelawareWilmington1,730$57,3301.2
District of ColumbiaWashington15,530$52,7901.5
FloridaCape Coral720$44,6600.8
FloridaDeltona390$39,7800.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale5,290$37,1101.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach360$43,7701.2
FloridaGainesville500$33,8601
FloridaJacksonville2,340$40,3700.9
FloridaLakeland430$39,1200.5
FloridaMiami3,590$42,1900.8
FloridaNaples310$44,7900.6
FloridaOcala220$35,5500.6
FloridaOrlando4,830$39,8301
FloridaPalm Bay890$42,5601.1
FloridaPalm Coast40$32,0500.9
FloridaPanama City390$37,3301.4
FloridaPensacola420$37,0000.7
FloridaPort St Lucie210$42,3000.4
FloridaPunta Gorda50$36,1300.3
FloridaSarasota600$39,6000.5
FloridaSebastian100$35,4400.5
FloridaTallahassee910$36,8501.3
FloridaTampa5,240$42,7401
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,210$42,7500.9
GeorgiaAthens410$37,0201.4
GeorgiaAtlanta15,120$47,6201.4
GeorgiaAugusta640$39,9800.7
GeorgiaBrunswick60$39,5000.4
GeorgiaColumbus610$41,1501.3
GeorgiaDalton240$34,6900.8
GeorgiaGainesville190$44,6400.7
GeorgiaHinesville80$36,3401.8
GeorgiaMacon320$37,3700.8
GeorgiaRome170$34,0801.2
GeorgiaSavannah430$40,4000.7
GeorgiaValdosta90$37,7800.4
GeorgiaWarner Robins140$47,2500.7
HawaiiHonolulu1,000$44,8700.5
IdahoBoise1,950$39,6301.7
IdahoCoeur Dalene620$40,080 2.9
IdahoIdaho Falls200$40,1301.1
IdahoLewiston40$32,9900.5
IdahoPocatello40$34,4700.4
IllinoisChampaign290$38,3800.8
IllinoisChicago14,530$52,8200.8
IllinoisDanville50$37,7500.5
IllinoisDecatur80$46,6400.4
IllinoisKankakee60$44,8700.4
IllinoisPeoria460$38,2600.6
IllinoisRockford240$36,9900.4
IllinoisSpringfield570$44,0601.3
IndianaAnderson50$37,2600.3
IndianaBloomington190$35,0800.7
IndianaColumbus130$42,2300.8
IndianaElkhart220$39,6400.4
IndianaEvansville380$37,1400.5
IndianaFort Wayne740$45,0100.8
IndianaGary680$39,5000.6
IndianaIndianapolis3,730$43,2100.9
IndianaKokomo50$42,5900.4
IndianaLafayette280$37,0500.9
IndianaMichigan City60$40,7400.4
IndianaMuncie220$43,1901.3
IndianaSouth Bend580$36,6801
IndianaTerre Haute110$34,5900.4
IowaAmes100$42,6000.7
IowaCedar Rapids460$48,9200.8
IowaDavenport730$38,3800.9
IowaDes Moines1,600$42,3301.1
IowaDubuque110$38,9100.6
IowaIowa City370$42,9901.3
IowaSioux City260$36,3700.9
IowaWaterloo250$37,6100.7
KansasLawrence120$36,5900.7
KansasTopeka490$43,1301.1
KansasWichita1,400$39,8401
KentuckyBowling Green140$34,2500.6
KentuckyElizabethtown140$34,4100.8
KentuckyLexington1,760$32,3501.7
KentuckyLouisville1,850$41,6500.7
KentuckyOwensboro120$36,4400.6
LouisianaAlexandria60$43,9500.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge960$45,4700.6
LouisianaHouma110$39,8000.3
LouisianaLafayette550$40,8700.9
LouisianaLake Charles120$44,0500.3
LouisianaMonroe190$30,4900.6
LouisianaNew Orleans1,390$39,6100.6
LouisianaShreveport390$42,9700.5
MaineBangor180$38,0400.7
MaineLewiston140$38,0700.7
MainePortland760$43,3200.9
MarylandBaltimore5,990$50,4701
MarylandBethesda3,470$51,5101.4
MarylandCumberland60$37,8200.5
MarylandHagerstown410$42,4001
MarylandSalisbury150$42,6400.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town200$49,7800.5
MassachusettsBoston11,380$61,6801.5
MassachusettsBrockton120$52,5600.3
MassachusettsFramingham1,260$59,2701.8
MassachusettsHaverhill270$48,6000.9
MassachusettsLawrence230$55,6101
MassachusettsLeominster150$45,1000.8
MassachusettsLowell1,040$66,140 2.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford130$46,7600.5
MassachusettsPittsfield140$39,8301.1
MassachusettsSpringfield1,060$44,9600.8
MassachusettsTaunton170$58,0301
MassachusettsWorcester910$51,7100.8
MichiganAnn Arbor1,170$41,6301.7
MichiganBattle Creek100$40,5100.5
MichiganDetroit2,780$49,9200.9
MichiganFlint210$39,8400.4
MichiganGrand Rapids1,220$42,9400.7
MichiganHolland210$40,9700.5
MichiganJackson90$37,1600.4
MichiganKalamazoo470$42,2300.8
MichiganLansing1,110$41,2501.3
MichiganMonroe80$44,5500.5
MichiganMuskegon130$50,4800.5
MichiganNiles160$47,9800.7
MichiganSaginaw190$42,0000.6
MichiganWarren5,710$46,6301.1
MinnesotaDuluth300$40,4500.6
MinnesotaMinneapolis10,110$50,0401.3
MinnesotaRochester410$44,4801.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud310$41,9600.7
MississippiGulfport290$39,8200.6
MississippiHattiesburg290$30,3701.3
MississippiJackson870$40,9400.8
MississippiPascagoula120$31,3100.7
MissouriColumbia520$38,7401.6
MissouriJefferson City360$39,2201.3
MissouriJoplin130$33,3100.4
MissouriKansas City5,270$43,9801.1
MissouriSpringfield780$39,4500.9
MissouriSt Joseph100$39,5200.5
MissouriSt Louis6,640$44,7901.1
MontanaBillings250$36,9800.8
MontanaGreat Falls90$37,3100.7
MontanaMissoula210$38,8501
NebraskaLincoln740$41,1901.1
NebraskaOmaha1,860$39,2500.9
NevadaCarson City180$46,7601.8
NevadaLas Vegas2,980$45,6400.7
NevadaReno710$42,2400.8
New HampshireManchester470$48,7401.1
New HampshireNashua630$50,9401.1
New HampshirePortsmouth310$44,6201.4
New HampshireRochester280$41,9001.3
New JerseyAtlantic City350$45,0100.6
New JerseyCamden1,920$44,9600.8
New JerseyEdison4,180$51,1800.9
New JerseyNewark4,070$49,4500.9
New JerseyOcean City30$47,8600.2
New JerseyTrenton1,440$48,1001.6
New JerseyVineland90$39,5000.4
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,760$46,5001
New MexicoFarmington80$45,3700.4
New MexicoLas Cruces250$42,6501
New MexicoSanta Fe90$39,9000.4
New YorkAlbany2,090$44,4201.1
New YorkBinghamton480$38,9001.1
New YorkBuffalo2,040$42,9200.9
New YorkElmira60$45,2800.5
New YorkGlens Falls110$41,7300.5
New YorkIthaca250$49,7701.5
New YorkKingston170$43,2200.7
New YorkNassau3,650$49,1300.6
New YorkNew York23,680$56,8901
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,060$42,3001
New YorkRochester2,550$45,5101.1
New YorkSyracuse1,240$42,9300.9
New YorkUtica440$38,1600.8
North CarolinaAsheville470$36,8600.6
North CarolinaBurlington230$45,0301
North CarolinaCharlotte4,180$46,6601.1
North CarolinaDurham2,160$47,6001.8
North CarolinaFayetteville320$45,1000.6
North CarolinaGoldsboro50$45,1000.4
North CarolinaGreensboro1,470$44,5400.9
North CarolinaGreenville380$41,3301.3
North CarolinaHickory310$41,1100.4
North CarolinaJacksonville100$34,2300.6
North CarolinaRaleigh3,050$49,6801.3
North CarolinaRocky Mount170$37,1600.7
North CarolinaWilmington480$39,8400.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem800$44,5700.9
North DakotaBismarck170$36,6000.8
North DakotaFargo930$31,5601.9
North DakotaGrand Forks200$33,2801.1
OhioAkron1,300$43,2300.9
OhioCanton390$35,7000.5
OhioCincinnati5,040$43,8301.1
OhioCleveland3,750$44,3300.8
OhioColumbus6,560$40,0201.6
OhioDayton1,840$41,0601.1
OhioLima70$38,3100.3
OhioMansfield150$39,5000.7
OhioSandusky160$39,7301.2
OhioSpringfield110$32,0200.6
OhioToledo680$39,7600.5
OhioYoungstown530$36,2400.5
OklahomaLawton80$35,3200.6
OklahomaOklahoma City3,800$36,8301.5
OklahomaTulsa2,000$39,4401
OregonBend290$43,8801.1
OregonCorvallis90$44,9800.8
OregonEugene710$44,7601.1
OregonMedford250$39,6900.7
OregonPortland5,120$44,7101.1
OregonSalem470$40,1100.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown920$43,7500.6
PennsylvaniaAltoona160$32,5900.7
PennsylvaniaErie410$33,3700.8
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,380$39,3801
PennsylvaniaJohnstown110$34,0600.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster520$43,0600.5
PennsylvaniaLebanon110$45,0100.6
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia10,150$45,2901.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,890$38,8001
PennsylvaniaReading580$45,5600.8
PennsylvaniaScranton780$38,0900.7
PennsylvaniaState College370$40,9401.7
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport120$37,3700.6
PennsylvaniaYork570$41,1200.7
Rhode IslandProvidence2,000$43,2200.8
South CarolinaAnderson70$36,3900.3
South CarolinaColumbia1,200$41,7200.8
South CarolinaFlorence220$37,0600.6
South CarolinaGreenville1,110$41,6000.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach150$37,1200.3
South CarolinaSpartanburg370$45,4200.7
South CarolinaSumter40$35,8900.3
South DakotaRapid City170$32,1100.7
South DakotaSioux Falls760$36,4101.3
TennesseeChattanooga760$40,4200.8
TennesseeClarksville150$48,8800.5
TennesseeCleveland40$32,2900.3
TennesseeJackson100$35,0400.4
TennesseeJohnson City130$37,6400.4
TennesseeKingsport260$35,4800.5
TennesseeKnoxville830$40,8800.6
TennesseeMemphis1,990$44,3600.7
TennesseeMorristown50$38,1000.3
TennesseeNashville3,450$44,0401
TexasAbilene210$44,0300.9
TexasAmarillo280$41,2400.7
TexasAustin5,180$44,1001.5
TexasBeaumont350$33,0800.5
TexasBrownsville220$29,9700.4
TexasCollege Station360$33,1301.2
TexasCorpus Christi290$38,5700.4
TexasDallas15,350$46,8401.6
TexasEl Paso1,120$38,3601
TexasFort Worth2,970$42,3800.8
TexasHouston12,350$48,1101.1
TexasKilleen790$46,5301.6
TexasLaredo250$35,6000.7
TexasLongview130$40,7600.3
TexasLubbock370$34,2800.7
TexasMcallen440$32,1700.5
TexasMidland190$45,0000.7
TexasOdessa80$38,3000.4
TexasSan Angelo120$53,2300.8
TexasSan Antonio3,680$43,4801
TexasSherman110$36,5500.7
TexasTexarkana80$32,1800.4
TexasTyler180$34,9100.5
TexasVictoria70$35,4900.4
TexasWaco320$39,7100.8
TexasWichita Falls110$40,4200.5
UtahLogan130$35,3600.7
UtahOgden790$41,5300.9
UtahProvo1,630$33,180 2.3
UtahSalt Lake City3,990$44,6601.4
UtahSt George140$35,9200.7
VermontBurlington860$47,3601.9
VirginiaBlacksburg220$37,3400.9
VirginiaCharlottesville460$42,4701.2
VirginiaDanville50$39,5800.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg130$34,3700.6
VirginiaLynchburg220$43,7000.5
VirginiaRichmond3,380$46,2501.3
VirginiaRoanoke350$41,9200.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach3,060$41,8000.9
VirginiaWinchester100$40,4200.5
WashingtonBellingham240$43,1000.7
WashingtonBremerton270$41,4500.8
WashingtonKennewick250$47,3300.7
WashingtonLongview50$43,2700.4
WashingtonMount Vernon90$46,8700.5
WashingtonOlympia580$47,4701.5
WashingtonSeattle7,720$52,1301.2
WashingtonSpokane800$42,7900.9
WashingtonTacoma780$45,1700.7
WashingtonWenatchee80$38,6500.5
WashingtonYakima220$40,0900.7
West VirginiaCharleston410$34,7200.7
West VirginiaHuntington150$33,9200.3
West VirginiaMorgantown200$40,3001.1
West VirginiaParkersburg100$38,7800.4
West VirginiaWeirton110$43,7300.7
West VirginiaWheeling190$36,1600.8
WisconsinAppleton290$40,3000.6
WisconsinEau Claire260$43,8100.8
WisconsinFond80$38,9000.5
WisconsinGreen Bay520$46,1100.7
WisconsinJanesville180$37,8800.7
WisconsinLa Crosse170$39,6900.6
WisconsinMadison1,520$45,0501
WisconsinMilwaukee2,680$46,9100.7
WisconsinOshkosh250$41,3400.7
WisconsinRacine160$41,1100.5
WisconsinSheboygan100$34,7400.4
WisconsinWausau230$40,3200.9
WyomingCasper40$39,5700.3
WyomingCheyenne120$39,2200.7
 

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