Marketing Specialist salary in Colorado Springs, CO

Pay in Colorado Springs against Colorado and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Colorado Springs earns $58,930–$102,500. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $143,140, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($89,580) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $43,570 wide, against $62,290 across Colorado and $49,960 nationally: employers in Colorado Springs pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $12,290 over it, while the 25th sits $31,280 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $15,858 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in Colorado Springs, and the Colorado statewide median of $93,050 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Colorado Springs

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 $26,190 to the $90,210 median and brings it to $116,400 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 Colorado Springs

Of the 17 roles we track in Colorado Springs, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($111,740); accountants come next at $85,000.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Colorado Springs (+14.5%); executive assistants come last (-15.5%). The typical role here is at +1.6%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost more in Colorado Springs than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 8.4% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Colorado Springs, 9.0% across Colorado and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $63,640 in Grand Junction to $99,040 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $35,400 a year. All 2 areas in Colorado with more marketing specialists than Colorado Springs also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($99,040) and Boulder, CO ($97,600).

Colorado Springs against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Colorado Springs is #50 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Colorado, Worcester and Durham-Chapel Hill pay just above Colorado Springs and Washington-Arlington and Springfield just below. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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