Customer Support Specialist salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $59,610, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $35,860–$48,160. The mean ($43,570) is 10% 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 $12,300 wide, against $12,800 across Arkansas and $14,910 nationally: employers in Fayetteville-Springdale 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 $8,650 over the median, the 25th only $3,650 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,161 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,840 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $39,510 median, a local hire costs about $50,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,471 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,550) and medical administrative assistants ($39,090). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-11.7%), between bookkeepers (-9.6%) and administrative assistants (-12.6%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 16.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 19.3% across Arkansas and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,150 in Hot Springs to $39,510 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $5,360 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more customer support specialists, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($38,160), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #94 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Arkansas, Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Provo-Orem pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Ann Arbor and Evansville just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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