E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Houston-Pasadena, TX

Pay in Houston-Pasadena against Texas and the US

E-commerce order specialists at the 90th percentile earn $63,200, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.8. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Houston-Pasadena earns $38,110–$56,340. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,230 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($14,560) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Houston-Pasadena 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 $10,720 a year in pay and about $13,832 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,510 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 median and the 75th percentile in Houston-Pasadena, and the Texas statewide median of $44,280 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Houston-Pasadena

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 $13,245 to the $45,620 median and brings it to $58,865 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 5.5 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 Houston-Pasadena

Of the 17 roles we track in Houston-Pasadena, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,750) and medical administrative assistants ($44,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,510.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Houston-Pasadena (-1.2%), between paralegals (-0.3%) and administrative assistants (-1.7%). The typical role here is at -3.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Houston-Pasadena, 0.3% across Texas and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 22 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $35,660 in Laredo to $48,640 in Odessa, a gap of $12,980 a year. The one area in Texas with more e-commerce order specialists, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($45,590), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Houston-Pasadena against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Houston-Pasadena is #7 of 278 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Texas, Santa Rosa-Petaluma and Chico pay just above Houston-Pasadena and Eugene-Springfield and Harrisburg-Carlisle just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Houston-Pasadena. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, all three pay more.

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