Customer Support Specialist salary in Peoria, IL

Pay in Peoria against Illinois and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Peoria earns $35,360–$48,730. The top tenth earns $64,260 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($45,280) is 14% 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 only $13,370 wide, against $20,370 across Illinois and $14,910 nationally: employers in Peoria pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,890 over the median, the 25th only $4,480 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,471 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 Peoria, and the Illinois statewide median of $46,130 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Peoria

At the $39,840 median, a local hire costs about $51,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,566 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 3.9 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 4.8 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 Peoria

Of the 17 roles we track in Peoria, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($40,330) and virtual receptionists ($35,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $123,730.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Peoria (-11.0%), between HR assistants (-7.1%) and sales development representatives (-13.5%). The typical role here is at -4.0%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost less in Peoria than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 15.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Peoria, 16.5% across Illinois and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $39,120 in Bloomington to $47,100 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $7,980 a year. The one area in Illinois with more customer support specialists, Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN ($47,100), also pays more.

Peoria against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Peoria is #163 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Davenport-Moline and Idaho Falls pay just above Peoria and Watertown-Fort Drum and Dalton just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Peoria. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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