Customer Support Specialist salary in Evansville, IN

Pay in Evansville against Indiana and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Evansville earns $34,990–$47,780. The top tenth earns $60,170 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($42,950) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,790 wide, against $14,230 across Indiana and $14,910 nationally: employers in Evansville 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 $8,370 over the median, the 25th only $4,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,800 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 Evansville, and the Indiana statewide median of $43,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Evansville

At the $39,410 median, a local hire costs about $50,852 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,442 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 3.8 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 4.7 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 Evansville

Of the 17 roles we track in Evansville, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($40,160) and data entry specialists ($38,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,990.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Evansville (-12.0%), between sales development representatives (-11.0%) and project coordinators (-12.1%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 17.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Evansville, 16.7% across Indiana and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,380 in Kokomo to $48,000 in Elkhart-Goshen, a gap of $9,620 a year. All 3 areas in Indiana with more customer support specialists than Evansville also pay more, among them Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($43,460) and Fort Wayne, IN ($45,200).

Evansville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Evansville is #181 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Ann Arbor and Fayetteville-Springdale pay just above Evansville and Oklahoma City and Wichita just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Evansville. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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