Customer Support Specialist salary in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $30,800–$44,660. The top tenth earns $56,890 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($38,800) is 9% 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 $13,860 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($12,150) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,120 over the median, the 25th only $4,740 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,768 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $38,860 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local customer support specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $35,540 median, a local hire costs about $45,858 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,318 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 3.5 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 4.3 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 the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($35,960) and virtual receptionists ($34,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,840.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area (-20.6%), between marketing specialists (-19.8%) and e-commerce order specialists (-22.1%). The typical role here is at -18.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 18.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 20.5% across South Carolina and 16.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $35,540 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $44,000 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $8,460 a year. All 8 areas in South Carolina with more customer support specialists than the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area also pay more, among them Columbia, SC ($37,430) and Greenville-Anderson, SC ($39,010).

the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area is #315 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Auburn-Opelika and Eagle Pass pay just above the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area and Gadsden and Valdosta just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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