Marketing Specialist salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Pay in Flagstaff against Arizona and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Flagstaff earns $47,430–$78,250. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $95,270, only 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($67,470) is 11% 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 $30,820 wide, against $47,820 across Arizona and $49,960 nationally: employers in Flagstaff pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,100 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,720, or about $22,865 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 Flagstaff, and the Arizona statewide median of $71,940 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 Flagstaff

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 $17,573 to the $60,530 median and brings it to $78,103 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 Flagstaff

Of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($61,640) and payroll specialists ($53,390). Accountant is the highest at $77,980.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff (-23.1%), between paralegals (-18.7%) and project coordinators (-23.8%). The typical role here is at -7.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Flagstaff than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Flagstaff, 4.5% across Arizona and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $50,190 in the Arizona nonmetro area to $74,590 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $24,400 a year. Of the 2 areas in Arizona with more marketing specialists than Flagstaff, 1 pays less: Tucson, AZ ($59,540).

Flagstaff against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Flagstaff is #322 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, El Centro and Santa Fe pay just above Flagstaff and Grand Forks and Macon-Bibb County just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Flagstaff. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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