Customer Support Specialist salary in Tulsa, OK

Pay in Tulsa against Oklahoma and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $59,800, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Tulsa earns $34,730–$47,850. The mean ($42,530) 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 $13,120 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($12,520) and the US figure ($14,910).

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,290 over the median, the 25th only $3,830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,987 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 Tulsa, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $38,650 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Tulsa

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 $11,195 to the $38,560 median and brings it to $49,755 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 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 4.6 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 Tulsa

Of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($38,980) and virtual receptionists ($35,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,240.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa (-13.9%), between HR assistants (-11.6%) and administrative assistants (-14.4%). The typical role here is at -11.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 20.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Tulsa, 19.7% across Oklahoma and 16.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $34,930 in Enid to $39,600 in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, a gap of $4,670 a year. The one area in Oklahoma with more customer support specialists, Oklahoma City, OK ($39,330), also pays more.

Tulsa against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tulsa is #51 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 Oklahoma, Terre Haute and Manhattan pay just above Tulsa and Gainesville and Rapid City just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Tulsa. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, all three pay more.

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