IT Support Specialist salary
What an it support specialist actually earns, from 665 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see it support specialist pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An it support specialist earns a blended US median near 104,742 dollars, with the typical middle running from 68,680 dollars to 144,457 dollars. The official OEWS median is 60,340 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 15 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 78,577 dollars to 92,409 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 12% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is network engineer, at 47 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open it support specialist roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Cloud Support Engineer at SymmetrioUnited States · Remote$90k–$105kTodayApply
Technical Support Engineer (6 month FTC) at EverwayUnited Kingdom · RemoteTodayApply
Support Engineer at RoboflowUSA · Remote1d agoApply
Technical Support Engineer at PlaidLondon Office1d agoApply- IT Specialist (System Administration) at Military Treatment Facilities under DHABethesda, Maryland$102k–$133k1d agoApply
- Helpdesk Technician - 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract - Geneva at Michael Page SwitzerlandGenève, Geneva, Switzerland1d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$68,680$104,742$144,457
- Canada$43,162$47,529$63,474
- United Kingdom$42,295$51,163$59,862
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'859/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 35 Informations- und Kommunikationstechniker: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 94'308 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$110,355
- District of Columbia$76,880
- California$76,870
- Massachusetts$75,670
- Colorado$66,270
- New York$63,910
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an it support specialist profile already covers.
- 600 open solutions architect roles$162,988 median · +$58,246 · 28% readiness
- 535 open security engineer roles$154,225 median · +$49,483 · 36% readiness
- 600 open devops engineer roles$141,732 median · +$36,990 · 17% readiness
- 36 open penetration tester roles$130,222 median · +$25,480 · 32% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an it support specialist.
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Related salaries
- Network Engineer salary$127,192 median
- Systems Administrator salary$104,857 median
- QA Engineer salary$112,217 median
Quick answers
How much does an it support specialist make?
The blended US median is about 104,742 dollars, with a typical range from 68,680 dollars to 144,457 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 60,340 dollars.
Is it support specialist a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 12% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an it support specialist move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is network engineer, at 47 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 15-1232. Live corpus 665 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.