E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Milwaukee-Waukesha earns $40,090–$54,200. The top tenth earns $59,980 or more, 1.7 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 $14,110 wide, against $24,280 across Wisconsin and $14,650 nationally: employers in Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 $7,380 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,730, or about $8,684 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,750 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Milwaukee-Waukesha

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 $13,782 to the $47,470 median and brings it to $61,252 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 4.6 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 5.7 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha

Of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($47,840) and virtual receptionists ($42,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,350.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha (+2.8%), between payroll specialists (+3.9%) and administrative assistants (+2.0%). The typical role here is at -1.3%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost more in Milwaukee-Waukesha than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Milwaukee-Waukesha, 0.5% across Wisconsin and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 9 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $34,510 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $48,460 in Appleton, a gap of $13,950 a year. No other area in Wisconsin has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 6 of the other 8 pay less.

Milwaukee-Waukesha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Milwaukee-Waukesha is #44 of 278 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Wisconsin, Sacramento-Roseville and Washington-Arlington pay just above Milwaukee-Waukesha and Lima and Syracuse just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Milwaukee-Waukesha. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, two pay more.

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