Customer Support Specialist salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $54,170, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Killeen-Temple earns $34,340–$45,760. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,420 wide, against $12,880 across Texas and $14,910 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple 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 $7,480 over the median, the 25th only $3,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,652 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 Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $40,420 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

At the $38,280 median, a local hire costs about $49,394 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,114 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 3.7 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 4.6 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($38,630) and e-commerce order specialists ($36,960). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-14.5%), between accountants (-12.4%) and office managers (-15.1%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 20.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 21.5% across Texas and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger 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 11 areas in Texas with more customer support specialists than Killeen-Temple, 5 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($37,640), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($35,830) and Lubbock, TX ($35,940).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #139 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Macon-Bibb County and Port St. Lucie pay just above Killeen-Temple and Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Cape Girardeau just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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