E-commerce Order Specialist salary in San Francisco-Oakland, CA

Pay in San Francisco-Oakland against California and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in San Francisco-Oakland earns $46,330–$62,040. The top tenth earns $72,160 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 $15,710 wide, between the figure for California ($16,300) 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 $10,590 over the median, the 25th only $5,120 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,665 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 San Francisco-Oakland, and the California statewide median of $47,290 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 San Francisco-Oakland

At the $51,450 median, a local hire costs about $66,387 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,937 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 5.0 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 6.2 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 San Francisco-Oakland

Of the 17 roles we track in San Francisco-Oakland, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($57,830) and data entry specialists ($51,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $135,040.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in San Francisco-Oakland (+11.4%); marketing specialists come first (+56.5%). The typical role here is at +32.0%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost less in San Francisco-Oakland than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in San Francisco-Oakland, 0.7% across California and 0.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in California

Across the 21 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $42,770 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles to $60,680 in Napa, a gap of $17,910 a year. The one area in California with more e-commerce order specialists, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($46,590), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

San Francisco-Oakland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, San Francisco-Oakland is #8 of 278 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside California, Burlington-South Burlington and Albany pay just above San Francisco-Oakland and Akron and Springfield just below. All four are within $740 a year of the median in San Francisco-Oakland. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, none pays as much.

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