E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

Pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach against California and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Los Angeles-Long Beach earns $39,150–$55,570. The top tenth earns $65,390 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 $16,420 wide, wider than in California as a whole ($16,300) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Los Angeles-Long Beach depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,440 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,980, or about $11,587 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach, and the California statewide median of $47,290 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Los Angeles-Long Beach

At the $46,590 median, a local hire costs about $60,116 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,526 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 4.5 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 5.6 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach

Of the 17 roles we track in Los Angeles-Long Beach, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($47,040) and virtual receptionists ($43,280). Project Coordinator is the highest at $108,310.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Los Angeles-Long Beach (+0.9%); paralegals come first (+23.3%). The typical role here is at +11.9%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost less in Los Angeles-Long Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach, 0.7% across California and 0.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 21 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $42,770 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles to $60,680 in Napa, a gap of $17,910 a year. No other area in California has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 10 of the other 20 pay less.

Los Angeles-Long Beach against other US metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach has more e-commerce order specialists than any other US area. Outside California, Honolulu and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above Los Angeles-Long Beach and Ocala and Pittsburgh just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Los Angeles-Long Beach. Of the three markets closest in size, two pay more.

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