Customer Support Specialist salary in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $59,410, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $36,420–$49,260. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,840 wide, against $15,070 across Ohio and $14,910 nationally: employers in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area 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 $8,250 over the median, the 25th only $4,590 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,645 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 the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $45,610 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $41,010 median, a local hire costs about $52,916 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,906 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 4.0 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 4.9 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 the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($42,630) and medical administrative assistants ($38,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,950.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area (-8.4%), between virtual receptionists (-8.3%) and administrative assistants (-8.7%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 16.8% across Ohio and 16.4% nationally. The job is a smaller 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 10 areas in Ohio with more customer support specialists than the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Youngstown-Warren, OH ($37,970).

the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area is #279 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Sioux City and Burlington pay just above the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area and Santa Fe and Fargo just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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