Customer Support Specialist salary in Spartanburg, SC

Pay in Spartanburg against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Spartanburg earns $35,610–$50,290. The top tenth earns $62,450 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,680 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($12,150) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,070 a year in pay and about $10,413 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,610 in pay. 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 Spartanburg, and the South Carolina statewide median of $38,860 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Spartanburg

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 $12,257 to the $42,220 median and brings it to $54,477 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 4.1 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 5.0 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 Spartanburg

Of the 17 roles we track in Spartanburg, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between HR assistants ($42,340) and medical administrative assistants ($40,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,810.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Spartanburg (-5.7%), between marketing specialists (-5.4%) and payroll specialists (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -8.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 20.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Spartanburg, 20.4% across South Carolina and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $35,540 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $44,000 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $8,460 a year. Of the 4 areas in South Carolina with more customer support specialists than Spartanburg, 3 pay less: Columbia, SC ($37,430), Greenville-Anderson, SC ($39,010) and Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($36,510).

Spartanburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Spartanburg is #137 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Jackson and Great Falls pay just above Spartanburg and Dover and Traverse City just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Spartanburg. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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