Customer Support Specialist salary in Wichita, KS

Pay in Wichita against Kansas and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $56,190, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Wichita earns $32,990–$46,660. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,670 wide, between the figure for Kansas ($13,550) 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 $7,330 a year in pay and about $9,458 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,340 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 Wichita, and the Kansas statewide median of $40,320 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Wichita

At the $39,330 median, a local hire costs about $50,748 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,418 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 3.8 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 4.7 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 Wichita

Of the 17 roles we track in Wichita, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($39,530) and data entry specialists ($38,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,170.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Wichita (-12.2%), between office managers (-10.4%) and administrative assistants (-12.7%). The typical role here is at -12.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 18.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Wichita, 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. No other area in Kansas has as many customer support specialists, and 3 of the other 4 pay less.

Wichita against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wichita is #71 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 Kansas, Oklahoma City and Evansville pay just above Wichita and Gainesville and New Orleans-Metairie just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Wichita. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, one pays more.

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