Customer service salary: $112K median
The median advertised Customer service salary is $112K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $82K to $165K: counted from 766 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $54 an hour or $9,375 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $238K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Customer service jobs
$112Kmedian advertised salary
$82K – $165Kmiddle half of roles
$131Kaverage advertised salary
766roles counted
Customer service salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $199K, 42% more than senior roles ($140K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $140K | $104K–$170K | 122 |
| Lead and above | $199K | $139K–$234K | 84 |
| No level in the title | $102K | $80K–$141K | 553 |
Customer service salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $170K | 68 |
| 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA | $160K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $148K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $145K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸California | $131K | 160 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $128K | 45 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $122K | 75 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $122K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $112K | 653 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $99K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $93K | 34 |
Skills that pay more for Customer service roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospecting | $176K | +$64K | 86 |
| SQL | $122K | +$10K | 79 |
| Project management | $118K | +$6K | 88 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $320K | 3 |
| Airbnb | $274K | 5 |
| OpenAI | $263K | 3 |
| Renuity | $250K | 59 |
| McMaster-Carr | $241K | 4 |
| Confido | $222K | 3 |
| Okta | $206K | 3 |
| Roblox | $190K | 4 |
| Intercom | $188K | 12 |
| Zip | $185K | 3 |
| SmithRx | $182K | 12 |
| Iovance Biotherapeutics | $180K | 4 |
| Affirm | $175K | 4 |
| Brigit | $171K | 4 |
| Parafin | $168K | 3 |
| JFrog | $165K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $156K | 14 |
| $150K | 4 | |
| Upgrade | $150K | 9 |
| SpaceX | $148K | 35 |
| Kinder's | $148K | 8 |
| HawkEye 360 | $145K | 4 |
| Flexport | $144K | 3 |
| Definitive Healthcare, US | $139K | 27 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $138K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Customer service roles
All Customer service jobs- Strategic Account Executive, BankingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380K - $450KGCPLLMAWS
- Engineering Manager, GrowthSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $450KHybridPythonTypeScriptReact
- VP, Enterprise SalesDefinitive Healthcare, US · Remote$278K - $418KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementSolution sellingMedical devices
- Executive Director, Security & Classified Operations and Chief Security OfficerRAND · 🇺🇸Santa Monica, CA (Greater Los Angeles Area); Pittsburgh…$273K - $397KLead and aboveLLMAgileSAP
- Leadership, Strategy, & Operations - Customer Service, Fulfillment, & AutomationMcMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA; Princeton, NJ; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; L…$175K - $390KLLME-commerceCustomer service
- Senior Named Account Executive, BuffaloCloudflare · Hybrid$269K - $370KHybridSeniorDNSPipeline managementMEDDIC
- Senior Named Account Executive ( Northern VA/DC Metro)Cloudflare · Distributed$269K - $370KSeniorDNSPipeline managementMEDDIC
- AVP, BioPharma SalesDefinitive Healthcare, US · 🇺🇸Framingham, MA; Remote$240K - $366KRemotePipeline managementSolution sellingCustomer service
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and OptimizationAirbnb · 🇺🇸United States$292K - $365KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Account Executive, EnterpriseIntercom · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; NYC, Remote; San Francisco, California$298K - $356KRemoteGermanHelp deskCRM
- Manager, Account ExecutivesIntercom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$275K - $349KAgileHelp deskCRM
- Executive Director, Digital EnablementVaxcyte · 🇺🇸US - Remote$288K - $335KRemoteLead and aboveGenerative AIPerformance marketingMarketing automation
- Software Engineer - Voice AI (Inference Runtime)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridPythonDockerMachine Learning
- Product CounselToast · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$160K - $328KRemoteMachine LearningAgileRegulatory compliance
- Leadership, Strategy, & Operations (MBA Class of 2027)McMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Atlanta - GA, Chicago - IL, Cleveland - OH, Fort Worth -…$230K - $320KLLME-commerceCustomer service
- VP, Provider Integration & ExperienceOscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$240K - $315KLead and aboveSQLTableauJira
- Head of Commercial, LegalObserve.AI · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA (Hybrid)$295K - $315KHybridLead and aboveGoAI agentsGenerative AI
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post TrainingAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$248K - $310KRemoteLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Strategy & Operations Programs, SupportOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$216K - $310KData modelingCustomer serviceChange management
- Head of Customer SolutionsConfido · 🇺🇸NYC Office$220K - $308KLead and abovePRDsCustomer onboardingAccounts receivable
Questions about Customer service pay
- What is the average Customer service salary?
- $131K a year on average and $112K at the median, across 766 open Customer service postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $82K to $165K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Customer service pay?
- Cloudflare ($320K), Airbnb ($274K), OpenAI ($263K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a customer service a high-paying job?
- The median Customer service posting advertises $112K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 35% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a customer service?
- A tenth of the postings offer $238K a year or more; the highest open Customer service role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Customer service salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $112K a year is about $54 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $9,375 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $40 to $79 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Customer service roles?
- Postings that ask for Prospecting (+$64K, 86 postings), SQL (+$10K, 79 postings), Project management (+$6K, 88 postings) advertise more than the $112K median of all Customer service postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level customer service make?
- 7 junior and intern Customer service postings state pay, with a median of $68K a year ($33 an hour).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Customer service roles at companies is $112K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $82K to $165K. Counted from 766 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/customer-service/
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