Marketing Specialist salary in Duluth, MN-WI

Pay in Duluth against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Duluth earns $51,260–$83,930. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,150, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,470) 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 $32,670 wide, against $59,870 across Minnesota and $49,960 nationally: employers in Duluth pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $20,550 over the median, the 25th only $12,120 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,516 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 Duluth, and the Minnesota statewide median of $87,510 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Duluth

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 $18,401 to the $63,380 median and brings it to $81,781 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 Duluth

Of the 15 roles we track in Duluth, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($65,880) and sales development representatives ($61,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,550.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 15 roles we track in Duluth (-19.5%); medical administrative assistants come first (+4.2%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Duluth than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Duluth, 7.3% across Minnesota and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $61,460 in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $97,910 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $36,450 a year. All 4 areas in Minnesota with more marketing specialists than Duluth also pay more, among them Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($97,910) and the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($64,300).

Duluth against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Duluth is #257 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Punta Gorda pay just above Duluth and Louisville and Pittsburgh just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Duluth. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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