Customer Support Specialist salary in Jacksonville, NC

Pay in Jacksonville against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Jacksonville earns $30,120–$36,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $46,330, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $6,570 wide, against $13,630 across North Carolina and $14,910 nationally: employers in Jacksonville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $3,860 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $2,710, or about $3,497 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Jacksonville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $40,240 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local customer support specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Jacksonville

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $9,865 to the $33,980 median and brings it to $43,845 a year. 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 3.3 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 4.1 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 Jacksonville

Of the 16 roles we track in Jacksonville, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($36,840) and virtual receptionists ($30,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,240.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Jacksonville (-24.1%), between project coordinators (-22.6%) and marketing specialists (-25.3%). The typical role here is at -19.2%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost less in Jacksonville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 22.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Jacksonville, 17.2% across North Carolina and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $33,980 in Jacksonville to $46,800 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $12,820 a year. All 14 areas in North Carolina with more customer support specialists than Jacksonville also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($44,980) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($41,900).

Jacksonville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jacksonville is #304 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 North Carolina, Hot Springs and Sebring pay just above Jacksonville and Albany just below. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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