Customer Support Specialist salary in Missoula, MT

Pay in Missoula against Montana and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $61,700, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Missoula earns $37,960–$49,300. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $11,340 wide, between the figure for Montana ($10,620) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $4,610 a year in pay and about $5,948 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,730 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 median and the 75th percentile in Missoula, and the Montana statewide median of $45,290 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Missoula

At the $44,690 median, a local hire costs about $57,665 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,975 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 4.3 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 5.3 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 Missoula

Of the 14 roles we track in Missoula, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,420) and medical administrative assistants ($44,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,250.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in Missoula (-0.2%); executive assistants come last (-22.6%). The typical role here is at -11.7%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Missoula than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Missoula, 11.9% across Montana and 16.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 7 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $42,270 in Great Falls to $46,680 in Helena, a gap of $4,410 a year. All 2 areas in Montana with more customer support specialists than Missoula pay less, among them Billings, MT ($44,580) and the West Montana nonmetro area ($43,420).

Missoula against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Missoula is #406 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Montana, Detroit-Warren and Rochester pay just above Missoula and Pittsfield and Honolulu just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Missoula. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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