Marketing Specialist salary in Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ

Pay in Allentown-Bethlehem against Pennsylvania and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $124,030, 3.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in Allentown-Bethlehem earns $50,070–$94,060. The mean ($75,520) is 11% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $43,990 wide, against $46,880 across Pennsylvania and $49,960 nationally: employers in Allentown-Bethlehem pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $26,320 a year in pay and about $33,961 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,670 in pay. 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 $78,760 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Allentown-Bethlehem, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $68,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Allentown-Bethlehem

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 $19,666 to the $67,740 median and brings it to $87,406 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Allentown-Bethlehem

Of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($68,290) and office managers ($65,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,050.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem (-14.0%), between executive assistants (-10.8%) and sales development representatives (-15.1%). The typical role here is at -3.0%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Allentown-Bethlehem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Allentown-Bethlehem, 5.4% across Pennsylvania and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $50,770 in Johnstown to $79,420 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $28,650 a year. Of the 3 areas in Pennsylvania with more marketing specialists than Allentown-Bethlehem, 1 pays less: Pittsburgh, PA ($63,190).

Allentown-Bethlehem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Allentown-Bethlehem is #77 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Pennsylvania, Madison and Decatur pay just above Allentown-Bethlehem and Billings and Houston-Pasadena just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Allentown-Bethlehem. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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