E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Columbus, OH

Pay in Columbus against Ohio and the US

E-commerce order specialists at the 90th percentile earn $65,090, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.8. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Columbus earns $39,560–$55,900. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,340 wide, wider than in Ohio as a whole ($14,120) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Columbus depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,910 a year in pay and about $11,497 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,430 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 $46,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median in Columbus, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,120 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Columbus

At the $46,990 median, a local hire costs about $60,632 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,642 here. 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 4.6 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 5.6 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 Columbus

Of the 17 roles we track in Columbus, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,870) and customer support specialists ($46,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,660.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Columbus (+1.8%), between customer support specialists (+3.5%) and payroll specialists (+1.3%). The typical role here is at -0.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Columbus, 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. Of the 2 areas in Ohio with more e-commerce order specialists than Columbus, 1 pays less: Cincinnati, OH-KY ($46,350).

Columbus against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Columbus is #22 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Lancaster pay just above Columbus and Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Elkhart-Goshen just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Columbus. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, two pay more.

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