Marketing Specialist salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area earns $48,290–$80,560. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,910, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,330) is 14% 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 $32,270 wide, against $56,830 across New York and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area 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 $20,880 over the median, the 25th only $11,390 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,942 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $98,580 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

At the $59,680 median, a local hire costs about $77,006 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,326 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($62,390) and payroll specialists ($56,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,210.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area (-24.2%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+7.4%). The typical role here is at -4.4%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 7.3% across New York and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $58,410 in Elmira to $100,520 in New York-Newark, a gap of $42,110 a year. All 9 areas in New York with more marketing specialists than the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($100,520) and Rochester, NY ($77,170).

the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area is #235 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Baton Rouge and Homosassa Springs pay just above the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area and Canton-Massillon and Auburn-Opelika just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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