E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Cincinnati, OH-KY

Pay in Cincinnati against Ohio and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Cincinnati earns $39,430–$52,900. The top tenth earns $65,070 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.8 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,470 wide, against $14,120 across Ohio and $14,650 nationally: employers in Cincinnati pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,920 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,550, or about $8,452 once benefits are added. 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 Cincinnati, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,120 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cincinnati

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 $13,456 to the $46,350 median and brings it to $59,806 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 4.5 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 5.5 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 Cincinnati

Of the 17 roles we track in Cincinnati, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($46,470) and medical administrative assistants ($46,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,380.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Cincinnati (+0.4%), between medical administrative assistants (+0.5%) and HR assistants (+0.4%). The typical role here is at -1.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Cincinnati, 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. No other area in Ohio has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 8 of the other 13 pay less.

Cincinnati against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cincinnati is #17 of 278 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 Ohio, Jacksonville and Pittsburgh pay just above Cincinnati and Tucson and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Cincinnati. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, one pays more.

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