Customer Support Specialist salary in Wildwood-The Villages, FL

Pay in Wildwood-The Villages against Florida and the US

Customer support specialists at the 90th percentile earn $62,250, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of customer support specialists in Wildwood-The Villages earns $36,210–$50,640. The mean ($45,310) is 12% 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 $14,430 wide, between the figure for Florida ($11,460) 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 $4,130 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 Wildwood-The Villages, and the Florida statewide median of $40,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Wildwood-The Villages

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 $11,712 to the $40,340 median and brings it to $52,052 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 3.9 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 4.8 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 Wildwood-The Villages

Of the 15 roles we track in Wildwood-The Villages, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($44,170) and data entry specialists ($40,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,370.

Measured against the US median, customer support specialists rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in Wildwood-The Villages (-9.9%), between project coordinators (-9.7%) and office managers (-10.3%). The typical role here is at -9.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Customer support specialists hold 18.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Wildwood-The Villages, 19.8% across Florida and 16.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $34,330 in Sebring to $43,680 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $9,350 a year. Of the 21 areas in Florida with more customer support specialists than Wildwood-The Villages, 14 pay less, the largest of them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($39,560), Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($38,750) and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL ($38,180).

Wildwood-The Villages against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wildwood-The Villages is #424 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Pueblo and Houston-Pasadena pay just above Wildwood-The Villages and Charlottesville and Springfield just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Wildwood-The Villages. Of the three markets with about as many customer support specialists, none pays as much.

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