E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Pay in Raleigh-Cary against North Carolina and the US

E-commerce order specialists at the 90th percentile earn $61,580, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.8. The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Raleigh-Cary earns $41,830–$60,430. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,600 wide, wider than in North Carolina as a whole ($15,560) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Raleigh-Cary depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $13,030 over the median, the 25th only $5,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,813 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 Raleigh-Cary, and the North Carolina statewide median of $46,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Raleigh-Cary

At the $47,400 median, a local hire costs about $61,161 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,761 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 4.6 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 Raleigh-Cary

Of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,500) and medical administrative assistants ($46,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,280.

Measured against the US median, e-commerce order specialists rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary (+2.7%), between data entry specialists (+10.4%) and administrative assistants (+2.0%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost more in Raleigh-Cary than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Raleigh-Cary, 0.6% across North Carolina and 0.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 13 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $39,740 in Rocky Mount to $48,320 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $8,580 a year. The one area in North Carolina with more e-commerce order specialists, Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($48,320), also pays more.

Raleigh-Cary against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Raleigh-Cary is #38 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 North Carolina, Syracuse and Lima pay just above Raleigh-Cary and York-Hanover and Cleveland just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Raleigh-Cary. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, one pays more.

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