Customer Support Specialist salary in Medford, OR

Pay in Medford against Oregon and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Medford earns $40,700–$49,500. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,040, 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 $8,800 wide, against $14,300 across Oregon and $14,910 nationally: employers in Medford pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $3,870 a year in pay and about $4,994 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,930 in pay. 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 Medford, and the Oregon statewide median of $47,450 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Medford

At the $45,630 median, a local hire costs about $58,877 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,247 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 4.4 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 5.5 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 Medford

Of the 17 roles we track in Medford, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,230) and e-commerce order specialists ($40,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,030.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Medford (+1.9%), between medical administrative assistants (+2.8%) and administrative assistants (+1.6%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Medford than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 8.2% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Medford, 10.3% across Oregon and 16.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $39,860 in the Central Oregon nonmetro area to $48,650 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $8,790 a year. Of the 5 areas in Oregon with more customer support specialists than Medford, 1 pays less: the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($44,110).

Medford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Medford is #411 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Oregon, Merced and Appleton pay just above Medford and Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie and Buffalo-Cheektowaga just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Medford. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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