Compared with the local labor market
Computer Specialist pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 16,230 people — is $126,910. Civilian Complaint Review Bd pays a median base salary of $109,297 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 40th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Civilian Complaint Review Bd sits in the local pay range
$56,330
$82,510
$126,910
$171,020
$212,380
Civilian Complaint Review Bd median · $109,297
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer Occupations, All Other across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Civilian Complaint Review Bd’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 435,370 people — is $116,580. Civilian Complaint Review Bd’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$55,940
$79,370
$116,580
$157,500
$188,470
Civilian Complaint Review Bd median · $109,297
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Civilian Complaint Review Bd is $138,841, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Computer Specialist beyond New York City
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $125,603 ranks #2 of 3. See Computer Specialist across all of New York City →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Computer Specialistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.