E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ

Pay in Philadelphia-Camden against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Philadelphia-Camden earns $41,430–$57,440. The top tenth earns $62,920 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 $16,010 wide, wider than in Pennsylvania as a whole ($10,720) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Philadelphia-Camden 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 $6,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,130, or about $11,781 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 Philadelphia-Camden, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $46,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Philadelphia-Camden

At the $48,310 median, a local hire costs about $62,335 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,025 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 4.7 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 5.8 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 Philadelphia-Camden

Of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,850) and medical administrative assistants ($47,120). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,160.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden (+4.6%), between customer support specialists (+5.1%) and office managers (+4.6%). The typical role here is at +2.6%, 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 Philadelphia-Camden, 0.4% across Pennsylvania and 0.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 14 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $39,490 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $49,860 in Reading, a gap of $10,370 a year. No other area in Pennsylvania has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 12 of the other 13 pay less.

Philadelphia-Camden against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Philadelphia-Camden is #9 of 278 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Pennsylvania, Charlotte-Concord and Rapid City pay just above Philadelphia-Camden and Manchester-Nashua and Portland-South Portland just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in Philadelphia-Camden. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, one pays more.

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