Marketing Specialist salary in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $44,750–$72,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $83,310, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,560 wide, against $30,340 across Kentucky and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,630 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,930, or about $19,265 once benefits are added. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $61,480 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local marketing specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $57,380 median, a local hire costs about $74,039 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,659 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 Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($57,560) and sales development representatives ($50,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,260.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-27.1%), between project coordinators (-25.5%) and sales development representatives (-28.1%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 2.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 3.2% across Kentucky and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $48,420 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $65,280 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $16,860 a year. All 2 areas in Kentucky with more marketing specialists than the Central Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($63,280) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($65,280).

the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #234 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Fayetteville and Jackson pay just above the Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Springfield and Daphne-Fairhope just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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