Customer Support Specialist salary in Provo-Orem, UT

Pay in Provo-Orem against Utah and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Provo-Orem earns $35,420–$46,840. The top tenth earns $58,410 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,420 wide, against $12,250 across Utah and $14,910 nationally: employers in Provo-Orem 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 $7,280 over the median, the 25th only $4,140 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,394 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 Provo-Orem, and the Utah statewide median of $43,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Provo-Orem

At the $39,560 median, a local hire costs about $51,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,485 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 3.8 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 4.7 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 Provo-Orem

Of the 16 roles we track in Provo-Orem, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($41,950) and data entry specialists ($39,490). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,180.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Provo-Orem (-11.6%), between accountants (-9.5%) and sales development representatives (-12.5%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost less in Provo-Orem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 20.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Provo-Orem, 22.9% across Utah and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $37,330 in Logan to $45,410 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $8,080 a year. The one area in Utah with more customer support specialists, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($45,410), also pays more.

Provo-Orem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Provo-Orem is #64 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Utah, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Las Vegas-Henderson pay just above Provo-Orem and Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Fayetteville-Springdale just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Provo-Orem. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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