Customer Support Specialist salary in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the West North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $77,070 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of customer support specialists in the West North Dakota nonmetro area earns $38,830–$62,490. The mean ($52,290) is 9% 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 $23,660 wide, wider than in North Dakota as a whole ($15,480) and the US ($14,910), so what a customer support specialist earns in the West North Dakota nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a customer support specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $14,720 over the median, the 25th only $8,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $18,994 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 25th percentile and the median in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $44,670 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

At the $47,770 median, a local hire costs about $61,639 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,869 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 4.6 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 5.7 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 the West North Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($50,000) and medical administrative assistants ($44,960). Sales Development Representative is the highest at $116,840.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area (+6.7%), between virtual receptionists (+11.9%) and administrative assistants (+5.2%). The typical role here is at -0.0%, so, measured against the US, customer support specialists cost more in the West North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Customer support specialists hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, 17.1% across North Dakota and 16.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $40,900 in Fargo to $50,420 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $9,520 a year. All 2 areas in North Dakota with more customer support specialists than the West North Dakota nonmetro area pay less, among them Fargo, ND-MN ($40,900) and Bismarck, ND ($46,240).

the West North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West North Dakota nonmetro area is #443 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Salem and Boulder pay just above the West North Dakota nonmetro area and Sheboygan and Trenton-Princeton just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the West North Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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