Customer Support Specialist salary in Fargo, ND-MN

Pay in Fargo against North Dakota and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $61,530, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Fargo earns $38,200–$49,060. The mean ($45,570) is 11% 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 $10,860 wide, against $15,480 across North Dakota and $14,910 nationally: employers in Fargo 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 $8,160 over the median, the 25th only $2,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,529 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 Fargo, and the North Dakota statewide median of $44,670 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fargo

At the $40,900 median, a local hire costs about $52,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,874 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 Fargo

Of the 15 roles we track in Fargo, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($45,540) and virtual receptionists ($38,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,430.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Fargo (-8.6%), between paralegals (-8.5%) and accountants (-8.7%). The typical role here is at -2.5%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost less in Fargo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 20.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Fargo, 17.0% across North Dakota and 16.6% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $40,900 in Fargo to $50,420 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $9,520 a year. No other area in North Dakota has as many customer support specialists, and none of the others pays less.

Fargo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fargo is #134 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Santa Fe and Sioux City pay just above Fargo and Battle Creek and Muskegon-Norton Shores just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Fargo. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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