Marketing Specialist salary in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

Pay in Davenport-Moline against Iowa and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Davenport-Moline earns $50,730–$109,200. The top tenth earns $139,210 or more, 3.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.6 times. The mean ($84,210) is 18% 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 $58,470 wide, wider than in Iowa as a whole ($35,670) and the US ($49,960), so what a marketing specialist earns in Davenport-Moline depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $37,610 over the median, the 25th only $20,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $48,529 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 Davenport-Moline, and the Iowa statewide median of $66,390 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Davenport-Moline

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 $20,784 to the $71,590 median and brings it to $92,374 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 Davenport-Moline

Of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between accountants ($77,600) and office managers ($63,020). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,880.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline (-9.1%), between accountants (-7.3%) and paralegals (-9.3%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Davenport-Moline, 6.5% across Iowa and 5.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $56,230 in Sioux City to $76,580 in Des Moines-West Des Moines, a gap of $20,350 a year. The one area in Iowa with more marketing specialists, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($76,580), also pays more.

Davenport-Moline against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Davenport-Moline is #93 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 Iowa, Modesto and Memphis pay just above Davenport-Moline and Harrisburg-Carlisle and Midland just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Davenport-Moline. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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