Marketing Specialist salary in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers against Florida and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Cape Coral-Fort Myers earns $49,160–$95,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $129,110, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($89,230) is 37% 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 $46,180 wide, against $46,950 across Florida and $49,960 nationally: employers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $30,160 over the median, the 25th only $16,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $38,916 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 $78,760 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, and the Florida statewide median of $75,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers

At the $65,180 median, a local hire costs about $84,103 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,923 here. 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers

Of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($79,420) and recruiters ($64,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,600.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers (-17.2%), between customer support specialists (-14.7%) and sales development representatives (-17.7%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Cape Coral-Fort Myers than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 5.3% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $59,020 in Sebring to $78,990 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, a gap of $19,970 a year. All 4 areas in Florida with more marketing specialists than Cape Coral-Fort Myers also pay more, among them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($72,860) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($75,210).

Cape Coral-Fort Myers against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is #79 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 Florida, Indianapolis-Carmel and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Appleton and Springfield just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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