Customer Support Specialist salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $37,810–$49,270. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,910, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,460 wide, against $17,040 across Colorado and $14,910 nationally: employers in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,900 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,560, or about $7,174 once benefits are added. 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 the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $47,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

At the $43,710 median, a local hire costs about $56,400 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,690 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 4.2 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 5.2 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($45,510) and virtual receptionists ($37,860). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (-2.4%), between administrative assistants (-1.3%) and bookkeepers (-2.7%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 9.3% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 12.4% across Colorado and 16.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $40,360 in Pueblo to $48,590 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $8,230 a year. Of the 6 areas in Colorado with more customer support specialists than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($42,920).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #352 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Austin-Round Rock and Coeur d'Alene pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and Kingston and Naples-Marco Island just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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