Customer Support Specialist salary in Mansfield, OH

Pay in Mansfield against Ohio and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Mansfield earns $31,090–$46,570. The top tenth earns $59,420 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($40,780) is 10% 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 $15,480 wide, wider than in Ohio as a whole ($15,070) and the US ($14,910), so what a customer support specialist earns in Mansfield 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 $9,390 over the median, the 25th only $6,090 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,116 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 Mansfield, and the Ohio statewide median of $45,610 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Mansfield

At the $37,180 median, a local hire costs about $47,974 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,794 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 4.4 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 Mansfield

Of the 15 roles we track in Mansfield, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($37,650) and virtual receptionists ($33,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,290.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Mansfield (-17.0%), between virtual receptionists (-12.7%) and office managers (-17.3%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 19.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Mansfield, 17.0% across Ohio and 16.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $37,180 in Mansfield to $46,470 in Cincinnati, a gap of $9,290 a year. All 12 areas in Ohio with more customer support specialists than Mansfield also pay more, among them Cincinnati, OH-KY ($46,470) and Columbus, OH ($46,350).

Mansfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Mansfield is #416 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Ohio, Parkersburg-Vienna and College Station-Bryan pay just above Mansfield and Ocala and Sierra Vista-Douglas just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Mansfield. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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