Marketing Specialist salary in the Central East New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Central East New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the Central East New York nonmetro area earns $49,910–$87,750. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $119,420, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,940) is 13% 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 $37,840 wide, against $56,830 across New York and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Central East New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $22,310 a year in pay and about $28,787 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,530 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 the Central East 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 Central East New York nonmetro area

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 $18,999 to the $65,440 median and brings it to $84,439 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 the Central East New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($65,790) and payroll specialists ($56,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,610.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area (-16.9%); customer support specialists come first (+3.7%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Central East New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central East 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. Of the 7 areas in New York with more marketing specialists than the Central East New York nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($63,760).

the Central East New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central East New York nonmetro area is #173 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Jackson and Dover pay just above the Central East New York nonmetro area and Kingsport-Bristol and Yuba City just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Central East New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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