Customer Support Specialist salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Pay in Harrisonburg against Virginia and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $63,060, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Harrisonburg earns $34,790–$48,820. The mean ($43,280) 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 $14,030 wide, between the figure for Virginia ($14,000) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,720 over the median, the 25th only $4,310 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,542 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 Harrisonburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $42,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Harrisonburg

At the $39,100 median, a local hire costs about $50,452 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,352 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 Harrisonburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($43,580) and e-commerce order specialists ($37,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,680.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg (-12.7%), between accountants (-8.5%) and sales development representatives (-12.7%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 13.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Harrisonburg, 14.1% across Virginia and 16.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $35,870 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area to $45,500 in Roanoke, a gap of $9,630 a year. Of the 8 areas in Virginia with more customer support specialists than Harrisonburg, 4 pay less, the largest of them Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($38,150), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($37,380) and Lynchburg, VA ($37,670).

Harrisonburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Harrisonburg is #422 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Bloomington and Lexington-Fayette pay just above Harrisonburg and Sumter and Greenville-Anderson just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Harrisonburg. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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