Customer Support Specialist salary in the West South Dakota nonmetro area

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

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $53,250, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in the West South Dakota nonmetro area earns $33,180–$47,650. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,470 wide, between the figure for South Dakota ($11,820) 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 $10,300 over the median, the 25th only $4,170 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,290 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 the West South Dakota nonmetro area, and the South Dakota statewide median of $40,650 falls there too.

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

At the $37,350 median, a local hire costs about $48,194 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,844 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 3.6 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 4.5 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 South Dakota nonmetro area

Customer support specialists have the lowest median of the 14 roles we track in the West South Dakota nonmetro area; project coordinators have the highest, at $80,370.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #7 of the 14 roles we track in the West South Dakota nonmetro area (-16.6%), between administrative assistants (-13.5%) and recruiters (-17.6%). The typical role here is at -17.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West South Dakota nonmetro area, 14.2% across South Dakota and 17.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $37,350 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $43,850 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $6,500 a year. All 3 areas in South Dakota with more customer support specialists than the West South Dakota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($43,850) and the East South Dakota nonmetro area ($40,050).

the West South Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West South Dakota nonmetro area is #508 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Columbia and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above the West South Dakota nonmetro area and Johnstown and Columbus just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the West South Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, two pay more.

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