Customer Support Specialist salary in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Pay in Brunswick-St. Simons against Georgia and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $50,660, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Brunswick-St. Simons earns $30,360–$42,340. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,980 wide, against $13,660 across Georgia and $14,910 nationally: employers in Brunswick-St. Simons pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,140 a year in pay and about $7,923 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,840 in pay. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Brunswick-St. Simons, and the Georgia statewide median of $39,630 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local customer support specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Brunswick-St. Simons

At the $36,200 median, a local hire costs about $46,710 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,510 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 3.5 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 4.3 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 Brunswick-St. Simons

Of the 14 roles we track in Brunswick-St. Simons, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($36,470) and virtual receptionists ($33,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,070.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Brunswick-St. Simons (-19.1%), between medical administrative assistants (-18.0%) and executive assistants (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -17.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 16.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Brunswick-St. Simons, 19.4% across Georgia and 16.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $33,190 in Albany to $42,710 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $9,520 a year. Of the 16 areas in Georgia with more customer support specialists than Brunswick-St. Simons, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($36,110), Albany, GA ($33,190) and the East Georgia nonmetro area ($35,950).

Brunswick-St. Simons against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Brunswick-St. Simons is #439 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Williamsport and Greenville pay just above Brunswick-St. Simons and Anniston-Oxford and Dothan just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Brunswick-St. Simons. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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