Customer Support Specialist salary in Erie, PA

Pay in Erie against Pennsylvania and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $57,880, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Erie earns $35,520–$48,950. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,430 wide, against $14,990 across Pennsylvania and $14,910 nationally: employers in Erie 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 $7,230 a year in pay and about $9,329 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,200 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 Erie, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $44,630 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Erie

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $12,112 to the $41,720 median and brings it to $53,832 a year. 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 4.1 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 5.0 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 Erie

Of the 17 roles we track in Erie, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,850) and data entry specialists ($36,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,590.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Erie (-6.8%), between payroll specialists (-5.8%) and HR assistants (-8.0%). The typical role here is at -10.9%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Erie than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 16.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Erie, 16.5% across Pennsylvania and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $36,230 in Williamsport to $47,070 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $10,840 a year. All 9 areas in Pennsylvania with more customer support specialists than Erie also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($47,070) and Pittsburgh, PA ($42,790).

Erie against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Erie is #222 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Albuquerque and Joplin pay just above Erie and Monroe and Louisville just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Erie. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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