Customer Support Specialist salary in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Pay in Charleston-North Charleston against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Charleston-North Charleston earns $37,120–$49,880. The top tenth earns $61,760 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 $12,760 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($12,150) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,880 a year in pay and about $7,587 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,880 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 median and the 75th percentile in Charleston-North Charleston, and the South Carolina statewide median of $38,860 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Charleston-North Charleston

At the $44,000 median, a local hire costs about $56,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,774 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 Charleston-North Charleston

Of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,640) and data entry specialists ($41,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston (-1.7%), between bookkeepers (-0.5%) and e-commerce order specialists (-1.9%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Charleston-North Charleston than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 18.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charleston-North Charleston, 20.4% across South Carolina and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $35,540 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $44,000 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $8,460 a year. All 2 areas in South Carolina with more customer support specialists than Charleston-North Charleston pay less, among them Columbia, SC ($37,430) and Greenville-Anderson, SC ($39,010).

Charleston-North Charleston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charleston-North Charleston is #62 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside South Carolina, Cheyenne and Memphis pay just above Charleston-North Charleston and Reno and Atlantic City-Hammonton just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Charleston-North Charleston. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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