Marketing Specialist salary in Daphne-Fairhope, AL

Pay in Daphne-Fairhope against Alabama and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Daphne-Fairhope earns $43,740–$75,580. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,400, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($63,870) is 12% 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 $31,840 wide, against $33,360 across Alabama and $49,960 nationally: employers in Daphne-Fairhope pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,580 a year in pay and about $23,974 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,260 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Daphne-Fairhope, and the Alabama statewide median of $59,530 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 Daphne-Fairhope

At the $57,000 median, a local hire costs about $73,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,548 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 Daphne-Fairhope

Of the 16 roles we track in Daphne-Fairhope, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,570) and office managers ($55,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,520.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Daphne-Fairhope (-27.6%), between HR assistants (-26.2%) and paralegals (-30.1%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Daphne-Fairhope than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.3% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Daphne-Fairhope, 3.9% across Alabama and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $47,790 in Dothan to $62,190 in Birmingham, a gap of $14,400 a year. All 4 areas in Alabama with more marketing specialists than Daphne-Fairhope also pay more, among them Birmingham, AL ($62,190) and Huntsville, AL ($59,230).

Daphne-Fairhope against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Daphne-Fairhope is #226 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 Alabama, Springfield and Fayetteville pay just above Daphne-Fairhope and Fairbanks-College and Lafayette just below. All four are within $730 a year of the median in Daphne-Fairhope. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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