E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Detroit-Warren, MI

Pay in Detroit-Warren against Michigan and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Detroit-Warren earns $37,870–$49,070. The top tenth earns $63,370 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 $11,200 wide, against $14,000 across Michigan and $14,650 nationally: employers in Detroit-Warren pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,990 over it, while the 25th sits $7,210 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,148 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 median and the 75th percentile in Detroit-Warren, and the Michigan statewide median of $44,240 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Detroit-Warren

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 $13,088 to the $45,080 median and brings it to $58,168 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 4.4 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 5.4 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 Detroit-Warren

Of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,330) and customer support specialists ($44,730). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,350.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren (-2.4%), between executive assistants (-2.1%) and data entry specialists (-2.7%). The typical role here is at -0.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Detroit-Warren, 0.6% across Michigan and 0.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 15 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $35,500 in Battle Creek to $50,330 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $14,830 a year. No other area in Michigan has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 11 of the other 14 pay less.

Detroit-Warren against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Detroit-Warren is #15 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 Michigan, Spartanburg and St. Louis pay just above Detroit-Warren and Salt Lake City-Murray and Utica-Rome just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Detroit-Warren. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, one pays more.

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