Computer User Support Specialists Salary — Altoona, Pennsylvania

The average Computer User Support Specialists in Altoona, Pennsylvania earns $57,730 a year.

$57,730 / year, mean
↓ 15.6% below national average 31th percentile in Pennsylvania

Altoona pays below most of Pennsylvania for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for computer user support specialists, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
200
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.7%
Cost of living 90 #167 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $178,052 #174 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $60,594 #163 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Altoona ranks #167 for cost of living and #174 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Sacramento $103,110 San Jose $95,730 San Francisco $91,780 Napa $86,790 Vallejo $86,390 Seattle $84,850 Santa Maria $80,720 Yuba City $79,530 San Luis Obispo $79,510 New York $78,800 Santa Cruz $78,680 Kennewick $78,330 Santa Rosa $78,160 El Centro $78,070 Los Angeles $77,820 Hanford $77,780 Salinas $75,570 San Diego $75,270 Riverside $73,810 Oxnard $73,070 Trenton $72,730 Kiryas Joel $72,620 Stockton $72,420 Redding $71,880 Olympia $70,620 Modesto $70,610 Portland $70,600 Yakima $70,470 Mount Vernon $70,070 Bakersfield $69,640 Fresno $69,410 Lexington Park $68,890 Longview $68,290 Kingston $68,230 Merced $68,150 Salem $68,100 Bellingham $68,080 Midland $67,760 Albany $67,360 Visalia $67,330 Charlottesville $67,250 Baltimore $66,950 Syracuse $66,880 Spokane $66,850 Bend $66,830 Philadelphia $66,780 Wenatchee $66,620 Crestview $66,590 Tampa $66,570 Naples $66,330 Bremerton $66,270 Albany $66,130 Austin $66,060 Owensboro $65,840 Walla Walla $65,790 Buffalo $65,770 Chicago $65,640 Midland $65,480 Corvallis $65,020 Richmond $64,990 Chico $64,670 Miami $64,380 Rochester $64,330 Dover $64,260 Sebastian $63,630 Columbus $63,610 Odessa $63,500 Ithaca $63,440 Punta Gorda $63,320 Port St. Lucie $63,220 Salisbury $63,180 Indianapolis $63,130 Bloomington $63,030 Dallas $63,030 Hagerstown $62,900 Watertown $62,860 Houston $62,700 Winchester $62,670 Vineland $62,560 Detroit $62,350 Virginia Beach $62,310 Jacksonville $62,300 Beckley $62,150 Lebanon $62,080 Eugene $61,790 State College $61,740 York $61,610 Reading $61,590 Sarasota $61,570 Allentown $61,530 Wildwood $61,460 Peoria $61,450 Staunton $61,430 Springfield $61,420 Lancaster $61,380 Saginaw $61,190 Champaign $61,150 Grand Rapids $61,020 Pittsburgh $60,920 Glens Falls $60,790 Parkersburg $60,750 Weirton $60,750 Atlantic City $60,550 San Antonio $60,520 Orlando $60,460 Elizabethtown $60,410 Palm Bay $60,410 Elkhart $60,370 Panama City $60,360 Harrisburg $60,120 Muskegon $60,050 Blacksburg $59,900 Homosassa Springs $59,880 Elmira $59,840 Harrisonburg $59,730 Deltona $59,680 Lafayette $59,630 Roanoke $59,610 Kalamazoo $59,570 Rockford $59,500 Louisville $59,440 Fort Myers $59,380 Scranton $59,160 Morgantown $59,140 Grants Pass $59,120 Ann Arbor $59,030 Battle Creek $58,980 Traverse City $58,860 Pensacola $58,840 Paducah $58,830 Tyler $58,830 Longview $58,620 Killeen $58,580 Utica $58,500 Beaumont $58,300 Bowling Green $58,210 Kankakee $58,170 Chambersburg $58,140 Medford $57,900 Monroe $57,810 Altoona $57,730 Niles $57,670 Lakeland $57,500 Jackson $57,370 Lynchburg $57,330 Evansville $57,180 Wheeling $57,150 Waco $56,970 Wichita Falls $56,950 Muncie $56,770 South Bend $56,640 Bay City $56,580 Ocala $56,350 Flint $56,320 Fort Wayne $56,250 Huntington $56,210 Charleston $56,170 Bloomington $56,090 Corpus Christi $56,000 Tallahassee $55,900 Gettysburg $55,680 Gainesville $55,580 Lansing $55,370 Binghamton $55,320 Victoria $55,110 Decatur $54,920 Amarillo $54,710 Williamsport $54,620 Erie $54,580 El Paso $54,520 Abilene $53,800 Texarkana $53,650 Terre Haute $53,500 Michigan City $53,450 College Station $52,790 Sherman $52,540 Lubbock $52,420 San Angelo $52,400 Johnstown $51,870 Laredo $51,810 McAllen $51,800 Kokomo $50,070 Brownsville $50,060 Eagle Pass $48,120 Sebring $46,390
CityMean salaryvs. Altoona
Abilene, Texas$53,800-6.8%
Albany, Oregon$67,360+16.7%
Albany, New York$66,130+14.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$61,530+6.6%
Amarillo, Texas$54,710-5.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$59,030+2.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$60,550+4.9%
Austin, Texas$66,060+14.4%
Bakersfield, California$69,640+20.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$66,950+16.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$58,980+2.2%
Bay City, Michigan$56,580-2.0%
Beaumont, Texas$58,300+1.0%
Beckley, West Virginia$62,150+7.7%
Bellingham, Washington$68,080+17.9%
Bend, Oregon$66,830+15.8%
Binghamton, New York$55,320-4.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$59,900+3.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$56,090-2.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$63,030+9.2%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$58,210+0.8%
Bremerton, Washington$66,270+14.8%
Brownsville, Texas$50,060-13.3%
Buffalo, New York$65,770+13.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$59,380+2.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,140+0.7%
Champaign, Illinois$61,150+5.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$56,170-2.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$67,250+16.5%
Chicago, Illinois$65,640+13.7%
Chico, California$64,670+12.0%
College Station, Texas$52,790-8.6%
Columbus, Indiana$63,610+10.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$56,000-3.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$65,020+12.6%
Crestview, Florida$66,590+15.3%
Dallas, Texas$63,030+9.2%
Decatur, Illinois$54,920-4.9%
Deltona, Florida$59,680+3.4%
Detroit, Michigan$62,350+8.0%
Dover, Delaware$64,260+11.3%
Eagle Pass, Texas$48,120-16.6%
El Centro, California$78,070+35.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$60,410+4.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$60,370+4.6%
Elmira, New York$59,840+3.7%
El Paso, Texas$54,520-5.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$54,580-5.5%
Eugene, Oregon$61,790+7.0%
Evansville, Indiana$57,180-1.0%
Flint, Michigan$56,320-2.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$56,250-2.6%
Fresno, California$69,410+20.2%
Gainesville, Florida$55,580-3.7%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$55,680-3.6%
Glens Falls, New York$60,790+5.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,020+5.7%
Grants Pass, Oregon$59,120+2.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$62,900+9.0%
Hanford, California$77,780+34.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,120+4.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$59,730+3.5%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$59,880+3.7%
Houston, Texas$62,700+8.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$56,210-2.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$63,130+9.4%
Ithaca, New York$63,440+9.9%
Jackson, Michigan$57,370-0.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$62,300+7.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$51,870-10.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$59,570+3.2%
Kankakee, Illinois$58,170+0.8%
Kennewick, Washington$78,330+35.7%
Killeen, Texas$58,580+1.5%
Kingston, New York$68,230+18.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$72,620+25.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$50,070-13.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$59,630+3.3%
Lakeland, Florida$57,500-0.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$61,380+6.3%
Lansing, Michigan$55,370-4.1%
Laredo, Texas$51,810-10.3%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$62,080+7.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$68,890+19.3%
Longview, Texas$58,620+1.5%
Longview, Washington$68,290+18.3%
Los Angeles, California$77,820+34.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$59,440+3.0%
Lubbock, Texas$52,420-9.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$57,330-0.7%
McAllen, Texas$51,800-10.3%
Medford, Oregon$57,900+0.3%
Merced, California$68,150+18.0%
Miami, Florida$64,380+11.5%
Michigan City, Indiana$53,450-7.4%
Midland, Michigan$67,760+17.4%
Midland, Texas$65,480+13.4%
Modesto, California$70,610+22.3%
Monroe, Michigan$57,810+0.1%
Morgantown, West Virginia$59,140+2.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$70,070+21.4%
Muncie, Indiana$56,770-1.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$60,050+4.0%
Napa, California$86,790+50.3%
Naples, Florida$66,330+14.9%
New York, New York$78,800+36.5%
Niles, Michigan$57,670-0.1%
Sarasota, Florida$61,570+6.7%
Ocala, Florida$56,350-2.4%
Odessa, Texas$63,500+10.0%
Olympia, Washington$70,620+22.3%
Orlando, Florida$60,460+4.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$65,840+14.0%
Oxnard, California$73,070+26.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$58,830+1.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$60,410+4.6%
Panama City, Florida$60,360+4.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$60,750+5.2%
Pensacola, Florida$58,840+1.9%
Peoria, Illinois$61,450+6.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$66,780+15.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$60,920+5.5%
Portland, Oregon$70,600+22.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$63,220+9.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$63,320+9.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$61,590+6.7%
Redding, California$71,880+24.5%
Richmond, Virginia$64,990+12.6%
Riverside, California$73,810+27.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$59,610+3.3%
Rochester, New York$64,330+11.4%
Rockford, Illinois$59,500+3.1%
Sacramento, California$103,110+78.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$61,190+6.0%
Salem, Oregon$68,100+18.0%
Salinas, California$75,570+30.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$63,180+9.4%
San Angelo, Texas$52,400-9.2%
San Antonio, Texas$60,520+4.8%
San Diego, California$75,270+30.4%
San Francisco, California$91,780+59.0%
San Jose, California$95,730+65.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$79,510+37.7%
Santa Cruz, California$78,680+36.3%
Santa Maria, California$80,720+39.8%
Santa Rosa, California$78,160+35.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$59,160+2.5%
Seattle, Washington$84,850+47.0%
Sebastian, Florida$63,630+10.2%
Sebring, Florida$46,390-19.6%
Sherman, Texas$52,540-9.0%
South Bend, Indiana$56,640-1.9%
Spokane, Washington$66,850+15.8%
Springfield, Illinois$61,420+6.4%
State College, Pennsylvania$61,740+6.9%
Staunton, Virginia$61,430+6.4%
Stockton, California$72,420+25.4%
Syracuse, New York$66,880+15.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$55,900-3.2%
Tampa, Florida$66,570+15.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$53,500-7.3%
Texarkana, Texas$53,650-7.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$58,860+2.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$72,730+26.0%
Tyler, Texas$58,830+1.9%
Utica, New York$58,500+1.3%
Vallejo, California$86,390+49.6%
Victoria, Texas$55,110-4.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$62,560+8.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$62,310+7.9%
Visalia, California$67,330+16.6%
Waco, Texas$56,970-1.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$65,790+14.0%
Watertown, New York$62,860+8.9%
Weirton, West Virginia$60,750+5.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$66,620+15.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$57,150-1.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$56,950-1.4%
Wildwood, Florida$61,460+6.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$54,620-5.4%
Winchester, Virginia$62,670+8.6%
Yakima, Washington$70,470+22.1%
York, Pennsylvania$61,610+6.7%
Yuba City, California$79,530+37.8%
Gross salary
57,730/yr
Estimated take-home
46,794/yr
Est. total withheld
18.9%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 15-1232 SOC code
Official area Altoona, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 11020 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
121,854