E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Akron, OH

Pay in Akron against Ohio and the US

E-commerce order specialists at the 90th percentile earn $63,810, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.8. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Akron earns $39,110–$55,250. The mean ($49,150) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,140 wide, wider than in Ohio as a whole ($14,120) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Akron depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,190 over it, while the 25th sits $11,950 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,406 more a year with benefits. 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 $46,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median in Akron, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,120 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Akron

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 $14,824 to the $51,060 median and brings it to $65,884 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

Our open e-commerce order 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 5.0 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 6.1 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 Akron

Of the 17 roles we track in Akron, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($55,960) and HR assistants ($49,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,190.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Akron (+10.6%); sales development representatives come last (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost more in Akron than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 1.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Akron, 0.7% across Ohio and 0.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 14 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $36,130 in Springfield to $51,060 in Akron, a gap of $14,930 a year. All 3 areas in Ohio with more e-commerce order specialists than Akron pay less, among them Cincinnati, OH-KY ($46,350) and Cleveland, OH ($47,350).

Akron against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Akron is #40 of 278 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Ohio, San Francisco-Oakland and Burlington-South Burlington pay just above Akron and Springfield and New Haven just below. All four are within $440 a year of the median in Akron. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, none pays as much.

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