Customer Support Specialist salary in Bowling Green, KY

Pay in Bowling Green against Kentucky and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $57,370, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Bowling Green earns $34,010–$46,010. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,000 wide, against $12,510 across Kentucky and $14,910 nationally: employers in Bowling Green 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 $8,040 over the median, the 25th only $3,960 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,374 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 Bowling Green, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bowling Green

At the $37,970 median, a local hire costs about $48,994 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,024 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 3.7 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 4.5 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 Bowling Green

Of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($40,180) and medical administrative assistants ($37,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,300.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green (-15.2%), between accountants (-14.5%) and administrative assistants (-15.5%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 16.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Bowling Green, 19.7% across Kentucky and 16.6% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,530 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $45,260 in Owensboro, a gap of $9,730 a year. Of the 6 areas in Kentucky with more customer support specialists than Bowling Green, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,890), the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($37,200) and the West Kentucky nonmetro area ($37,490).

Bowling Green against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bowling Green is #296 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Beaumont-Port Arthur and Tuscaloosa pay just above Bowling Green and Youngstown-Warren and Pocatello just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Bowling Green. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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