E-commerce Order Specialist salary in New York-Newark, NY-NJ

Pay in New York-Newark against New York and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $73,420 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 1.8 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in New York-Newark earns $43,390–$57,470. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,080 wide, against $15,270 across New York and $14,650 nationally: employers in New York-Newark pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,650 over the median, the 25th only $4,430 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,452 a year in employer cost. 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 New York-Newark, and the New York statewide median of $48,320 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in New York-Newark

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 $13,883 to the $47,820 median and brings it to $61,703 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 New York-Newark

Of the 17 roles we track in New York-Newark, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($49,230) and data entry specialists ($45,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $126,660.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in New York-Newark (+3.6%); sales development representatives come first (+33.9%). The typical role here is at +16.2%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost less in New York-Newark than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in New York-Newark, 0.3% across New York and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 11 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $44,990 in Utica-Rome to $50,180 in Binghamton, a gap of $5,190 a year. No other area in New York has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 7 of the other 10 pay less.

New York-Newark against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, New York-Newark is #2 of 278 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside New York, Sioux Falls and Chicago-Naperville pay just above New York-Newark and Salem and Kansas City just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in New York-Newark. Of the three markets closest in size, none pays as much.

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