Customer Support Specialist salary in Abilene, TX

Pay in Abilene against Texas and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Abilene earns $33,630–$45,750. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $53,210, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,120 wide, against $12,880 across Texas and $14,910 nationally: employers in Abilene pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,920 over the median, the 25th only $3,200 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,510 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $44,770 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Abilene, and the Texas statewide median of $40,420 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Abilene

At the $36,830 median, a local hire costs about $47,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,693 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

Our open customer support specialist roles pay $700–$1,000 a month under a direct contract. The one-time fee is $2,500³ with a 180-day replacement; paying through Deel adds $49 a month⁴. Change any number below to match your plan.

A local hire here costs about 3.6 times as much as a remote hire in year one at the midpoint of our range. From year two, when the fee drops out, it is 4.4 times the remote figure of $10,788. About the candidates: most apply through our assessment platform with a written and a spoken English task; each profile shows the English level (B1–C2); Silkstaff interviews every shortlisted candidate live, in English, before you meet them.

Other roles in Abilene

Of the 16 roles we track in Abilene, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($39,360) and data entry specialists ($35,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,230.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Abilene (-17.7%), between sales development representatives (-17.4%) and virtual receptionists (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 28.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Abilene, 21.5% across Texas and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $31,790 in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area to $44,990 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $13,200 a year. Of the 14 areas in Texas with more customer support specialists than Abilene, 2 pay less: McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($35,830) and Lubbock, TX ($35,940).

Abilene against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Abilene is #150 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Panama City-Panama City Beach and Montgomery pay just above Abilene and Savannah and Warner Robins just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Abilene. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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