Customer Support Specialist salary in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $30,200–$45,390. The top tenth earns $55,720 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,190 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($12,880) and the US ($14,910), so what a customer support specialist earns in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,050, or about $10,387 once benefits are added. 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 the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $40,420 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $37,340 median, a local hire costs about $48,181 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,841 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 3.6 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 4.5 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 the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($38,970) and data entry specialists ($35,910). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,390.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area (-16.6%), between e-commerce order specialists (-15.6%) and project coordinators (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -15.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 14.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, 21.5% across Texas and 16.4% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $31,790 in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area to $44,990 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $13,200 a year. Of the 12 areas in Texas with more customer support specialists than the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($35,830), Lubbock, TX ($35,940) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($37,290).

the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area is #141 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Johnstown and Columbia pay just above the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area and Columbus and Logan just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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