Customer Support Specialist salary in Topeka, KS

Pay in Topeka against Kansas and the US

The middle half of customer support specialists in Topeka earns $34,870–$52,530. The top tenth earns $63,920 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,660 wide, wider than in Kansas as a whole ($13,550) and the US ($14,910), so what a customer support specialist earns in Topeka depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,310 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,350, or about $12,065 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 Topeka, and the Kansas statewide median of $40,320 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Topeka

At the $43,180 median, a local hire costs about $55,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,536 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 Topeka

Of the 17 roles we track in Topeka, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,820) and administrative assistants ($39,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,000.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Topeka (-3.6%), between medical administrative assistants (-2.4%) and bookkeepers (-4.6%). The typical role here is at -8.8%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in Topeka than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 16.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Topeka, 18.4% across Kansas and 16.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $36,820 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $43,180 in Topeka, a gap of $6,360 a year. All 2 areas in Kansas with more customer support specialists than Topeka pay less, among them Wichita, KS ($39,330) and the Kansas nonmetro area ($36,820).

Topeka against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Topeka is #157 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kansas, Oshkosh-Neenah and Rockford pay just above Topeka and Gettysburg and Carson City just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Topeka. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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