E-commerce Order Specialist salary in Washington-Arlington, DC-VA

Pay in Washington-Arlington against the District of Columbia and the US

The middle half of e-commerce order specialists in Washington-Arlington earns $42,840–$57,500. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,960, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.8 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,660 wide, wider than in the District of Columbia as a whole ($11,830) and the US ($14,650), so what a e-commerce order specialist earns in Washington-Arlington 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 $9,920 over the median, the 25th only $4,740 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,800 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 Washington-Arlington, and the District of Columbia median of $49,150 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Washington-Arlington

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 $13,814 to the $47,580 median and brings it to $61,394 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 4.6 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 Washington-Arlington

Of the 17 roles we track in Washington-Arlington, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($48,280) and customer support specialists ($46,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $127,030.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Washington-Arlington (+3.1%); recruiters come first (+32.8%). The typical role here is at +11.6%, so, measured against the US, e-commerce order specialists cost less in Washington-Arlington than the area's general pay level would suggest. E-commerce order specialists hold 0.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Washington-Arlington, 0.2% across the District of Columbia and 0.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Washington-Arlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Washington-Arlington is #16 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 the District of Columbia, San Diego-Chula Vista and Colorado Springs pay just above Washington-Arlington and Sacramento-Roseville and Milwaukee-Waukesha just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Washington-Arlington. Of the three markets with about as many e-commerce order specialists, none pays as much.

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