Customer Support Specialist salary in Longview-Kelso, WA

Pay in Longview-Kelso against Washington and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $71,740, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Longview-Kelso earns $43,810–$60,420. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,610 wide, wider than in Washington as a whole ($16,550) and the US ($14,910), so what a customer support specialist earns in Longview-Kelso depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,960 over the median, the 25th only $5,650 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $14,142 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 25th percentile and the median in Longview-Kelso, and the Washington statewide median of $50,330 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Longview-Kelso

At the $49,460 median, a local hire costs about $63,819 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,359 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 4.8 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 5.9 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 Longview-Kelso

Of the 13 roles we track in Longview-Kelso, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($56,620) and virtual receptionists ($40,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,440.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #7 of the 13 roles we track in Longview-Kelso (+10.5%), between payroll specialists (+10.6%) and virtual receptionists (+7.3%). The typical role here is at +10.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 12.0% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Longview-Kelso, 12.2% across Washington and 17.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $45,380 in Kennewick-Richland to $53,550 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $8,170 a year. Of the 11 areas in Washington with more customer support specialists than Longview-Kelso, 9 pay less, the largest of them Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($46,790), Kennewick-Richland, WA ($45,380) and Bellingham, WA ($46,940).

Longview-Kelso against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Longview-Kelso is #495 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Minneapolis-St. Paul and New York-Newark pay just above Longview-Kelso and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks and Yuba City just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in Longview-Kelso. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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