E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

Pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg against Florida and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Tampa-St. Petersburg earns $40,240–$52,920. The top tenth earns $62,380 or more, 1.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.8 times. The mean ($48,170) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,680 wide, between the figure for Florida ($12,130) and the US figure ($14,650).

What to budget for an e-commerce order specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,730 over it, while the 25th sits $8,950 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,813 more a year with benefits. 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg, and the Florida statewide median of $44,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Tampa-St. Petersburg

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 $14,281 to the $49,190 median and brings it to $63,471 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 4.8 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 5.9 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Tampa-St. Petersburg, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($50,090) and medical administrative assistants ($43,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,780.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Tampa-St. Petersburg (+6.5%); executive assistants come last (-15.5%). The typical role here is at -4.7%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost more in Tampa-St. Petersburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg, 0.3% across Florida and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 13 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $39,000 in Deltona-Daytona Beach to $49,190 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, a gap of $10,190 a year. The one area in Florida with more e-commerce order specialists, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($42,340), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Tampa-St. Petersburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tampa-St. Petersburg is #23 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 Florida, Seattle-Tacoma and Providence-Warwick pay just above Tampa-St. Petersburg and Greeley and Visalia just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Tampa-St. Petersburg. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, one pays more.

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