Customer Support Specialist salary in Canton-Massillon, OH

Pay in Canton-Massillon against Ohio and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $61,780, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Canton-Massillon earns $36,200–$47,980. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,780 wide, against $15,070 across Ohio and $14,910 nationally: employers in Canton-Massillon pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,550 over it, while the 25th sits $8,230 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,581 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 median and the 75th percentile in Canton-Massillon, and the Ohio statewide median of $45,610 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Canton-Massillon

At the $44,430 median, a local hire costs about $57,329 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,899 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 4.3 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 5.3 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 Canton-Massillon

Of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,000) and HR assistants ($44,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,530.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon (-0.8%), between e-commerce order specialists (+0.0%) and payroll specialists (-2.6%). The typical role here is at -11.8%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Canton-Massillon than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 19.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Canton-Massillon, 16.8% across Ohio and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $37,180 in Mansfield to $46,470 in Cincinnati, a gap of $9,290 a year. Of the 6 areas in Ohio with more customer support specialists than Canton-Massillon, 1 pays less: Toledo, OH ($42,970).

Canton-Massillon against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Canton-Massillon is #145 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Winchester and Reading pay just above Canton-Massillon and Kansas City and Lancaster just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Canton-Massillon. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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