Customer Support Specialist salary in Boise City, ID

Pay in Boise City against Idaho and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Boise City earns $37,440–$51,260. The top tenth earns $62,400 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,820 wide, between the figure for Idaho ($13,230) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,620 over it, while the 25th sits $9,200 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,961 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in Boise City, and the Idaho statewide median of $43,200 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Boise City

At the $46,640 median, a local hire costs about $60,181 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,541 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 4.5 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 5.6 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 Boise City

Of the 17 roles we track in Boise City, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($49,700) and administrative assistants ($45,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,580.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Boise City (+4.2%); executive assistants come last (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Boise City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 22.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Boise City, 22.4% across Idaho and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $36,360 in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area to $46,640 in Boise City, a gap of $10,280 a year. No other area in Idaho has as many customer support specialists, and all 7 others pay less.

Boise City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Boise City is #53 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Idaho, Dubuque and Helena pay just above Boise City and Waterbury-Shelton and Yakima just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Boise City. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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