Customer Support Specialist salary in Owensboro, KY

Pay in Owensboro against Kentucky and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $58,700, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Owensboro earns $35,870–$47,650. The mean ($43,800) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,780 wide, against $12,510 across Kentucky and $14,910 nationally: employers in Owensboro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,390 over it, while the 25th sits $9,390 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,084 more a year with benefits. 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 Owensboro, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Owensboro

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $13,140 to the $45,260 median and brings it to $58,400 a year. 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 5.4 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 Owensboro

Of the 14 roles we track in Owensboro, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,430) and administrative assistants ($39,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,320.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in Owensboro (+1.1%); sales development representatives come last (-32.0%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Owensboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 21.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Owensboro, 19.8% across Kentucky and 16.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,530 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $45,260 in Owensboro, a gap of $9,730 a year. All 8 areas in Kentucky with more customer support specialists than Owensboro pay less, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($41,600) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($39,160).

Owensboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Owensboro is #345 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Binghamton and Greeley pay just above Owensboro and Utica-Rome and Fort Wayne just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Owensboro. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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