E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA

Pay in Portland-Vancouver against Oregon and the US

E-commerce order specialists at the 90th percentile earn $76,130, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.8. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Portland-Vancouver earns $46,740–$62,500. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,760 wide, between the figure for Oregon ($15,930) and the US figure ($14,650).

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,960 over the median, the 25th only $5,800 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,852 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Portland-Vancouver, and the Oregon statewide median of $50,260 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local e-commerce order specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Portland-Vancouver

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 $15,254 to the $52,540 median and brings it to $67,794 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 5.1 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 6.3 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 Portland-Vancouver

Of the 17 roles we track in Portland-Vancouver, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($54,560) and customer support specialists ($48,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $108,340.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Portland-Vancouver (+13.8%), between virtual receptionists (+14.8%) and bookkeepers (+12.6%). The typical role here is at +9.9%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost more in Portland-Vancouver than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Portland-Vancouver, 0.4% across Oregon and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 8 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $40,560 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $53,610 in Bend, a gap of $13,050 a year. No other area in Oregon has as many e-commerce order specialists, and 6 of the other 7 pay less.

Portland-Vancouver against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Portland-Vancouver is #29 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 Oregon, Waterbury-Shelton and Trenton-Princeton pay just above Portland-Vancouver and Burlington-South Burlington and San Francisco-Oakland just below. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, none pays as much.

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