Customer Support Specialist salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Pay in Corpus Christi against Texas and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $54,270, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Corpus Christi earns $30,230–$44,460. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,230 wide, between the figure for Texas ($12,880) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,840 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,390, or about $9,535 once benefits are added. 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 Corpus Christi, and the Texas statewide median of $40,420 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 Corpus Christi

At the $37,070 median, a local hire costs about $47,832 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,762 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 3.6 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 4.4 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 Corpus Christi

Of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($39,080) and data entry specialists ($34,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,320.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi (-17.2%), between data entry specialists (-16.8%) and sales development representatives (-17.9%). The typical role here is at -16.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 18.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Corpus Christi, 21.5% across Texas and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $31,790 in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area to $44,990 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $13,200 a year. Of the 9 areas in Texas with more customer support specialists than Corpus Christi, 2 pay less: McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($35,830) and Lubbock, TX ($35,940).

Corpus Christi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Corpus Christi is #113 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Alexandria and Sierra Vista-Douglas pay just above Corpus Christi and Montgomery and Panama City-Panama City Beach just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Corpus Christi. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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