Customer Support Specialist salary in Lewiston, ID-WA

Pay in Lewiston against Idaho and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $64,530, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Lewiston earns $37,120–$49,680. The mean ($45,440) is 12% 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 $12,560 wide, against $13,230 across Idaho and $14,910 nationally: employers in Lewiston 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 $8,980 over the median, the 25th only $3,580 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,587 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 Lewiston, and the Idaho statewide median of $43,200 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lewiston

At the $40,700 median, a local hire costs about $52,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,816 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 4.0 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 4.9 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 Lewiston

Of the 13 roles we track in Lewiston, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,040) and virtual receptionists ($37,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,260.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #7 of the 13 roles we track in Lewiston (-9.1%), between office managers (-7.1%) and recruiters (-13.1%). The typical role here is at -9.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 24.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Lewiston, 22.9% across Idaho and 16.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $36,360 in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area to $46,640 in Boise City, a gap of $10,280 a year. Of the 7 areas in Idaho with more customer support specialists than Lewiston, 5 pay less, the largest of them Idaho Falls, ID ($40,060), the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area ($36,360) and Pocatello, ID ($37,940).

Lewiston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lewiston is #459 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Idaho, Muskegon-Norton Shores and Battle Creek pay just above Lewiston and Birmingham and Orlando-Kissimmee just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Lewiston. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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