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Hiring an interviewer in Spokane, WA

Employers in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA area pay interviewers, except eligibility and loan a median of $48,610, with the middle half of the market between $47,810 and $57,790. Spokane residents working in office and administrative support occupations report a median of $35,781, which is 26% below what the metro pays for this role.

What does an interviewer earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile$47,810
Median$48,610
75th percentile$57,790

Half of interviewers, except eligibility and loan in this area earn between $47,810 and $57,790. A band set below $47,810 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Spokane residents earn

$35,781

Median earnings of Spokane residents working in office and administrative support occupations, 12,190 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 26% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Spokane rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

  • Ask questions in accordance with instructions to obtain various specified information, such as person's name, address, age, religious preference, or state of residency.
  • Identify and report problems in obtaining valid data.
  • Ensure payment for services by verifying benefits with the person's insurance provider or working out financing options.
  • Perform office duties, such as telemarketing or customer service inquiries, maintaining staff records, billing patients, or receiving payments.
  • Review data obtained from interview for completeness and accuracy.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 43-4111.

Tools and technologies in demand

Zoom, MEDITECH software, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Spokane?

This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 32.6% of Spokane adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Spokane commute runs 21.2 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 13.8% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Spokane County, administrative and support services employs 12,513 and turns over 14.0% a quarter, with 3,721 hires against 3,581 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $4,266 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 56.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about interviewers, except eligibility and loan. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a high-churn market, where speed matters more than a perfect fit.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $9,722 to $14,583 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring an interviewer somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

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Spokane is the 2th largest of 3 Washington cities in this dataset.