Customer Support Specialist salary in Pocatello, ID

Pay in Pocatello against Idaho and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Pocatello earns $37,230–$43,740. The top tenth earns $59,980 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($41,740) is 10% 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 $6,510 wide, against $13,230 across Idaho and $14,910 nationally: employers in Pocatello 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 $5,800 over the median, the 25th only $710 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,484 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 Pocatello, and the Idaho statewide median of $43,200 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 Pocatello

At the $37,940 median, a local hire costs about $48,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,015 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 3.7 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 4.5 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 Pocatello

Of the 13 roles we track in Pocatello, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($40,370) and virtual receptionists ($34,870). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,250.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #5 of the 13 roles we track in Pocatello (-15.3%), between medical administrative assistants (-12.1%) and sales development representatives (-16.2%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 29.9% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Pocatello, 22.9% across Idaho and 16.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $36,360 in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area to $46,640 in Boise City, a gap of $10,280 a year. Of the 4 areas in Idaho with more customer support specialists than Pocatello, 1 pays less: the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area ($36,360).

Pocatello against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pocatello is #305 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Youngstown-Warren and Bowling Green pay just above Pocatello and Sebastian-Vero Beach and Jackson just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Pocatello. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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