Computer support specialists are most often employed by the Computer Systems Design industry. The average yearly wage for Computer support specialists was $61,604 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Computer support specialists by wage are Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, Private detectives & investigators, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.
Computer support specialists are part of the Computer & mathematical occupations, along with Computer & information research scientists, Computer systems analysts, Information security analysts, Computer programmers, Web developers, Software developers, applications & systems software, Database administrators, Network & computer systems administrators, Computer network architects, Computer support specialists, Other Computer Occupations, Actuaries, Operations research analysts, and Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians & statisticians
The top 3 locations that employ the most Computer support specialists are Madison City (Central) PUMA, WI, Dane County (West) PUMA, WI, and Columbia (East), Ellicott City (Southeast) & Elkridge PUMA, MD. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Computer support specialists are Madison City (Central) PUMA, WI, Seminole County (South Central) PUMA, FL, and Austin City (Far North), Brushy Creek & Jollyville PUMA, TX.