Marketing Specialist salary in Fort Wayne, IN

Pay in Fort Wayne against Indiana and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Fort Wayne earns $49,900–$81,190. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,750, only 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,940) 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 $31,290 wide, against $36,970 across Indiana and $49,960 nationally: employers in Fort Wayne 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 $19,460 over the median, the 25th only $11,830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,110 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 Fort Wayne, and the Indiana statewide median of $63,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fort Wayne

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 $17,922 to the $61,730 median and brings it to $79,652 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 Fort Wayne

Of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,640) and sales development representatives ($60,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne (-21.6%); office managers come first (+2.3%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Fort Wayne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fort Wayne, 5.4% across Indiana and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $54,440 in Muncie to $66,390 in Columbus, a gap of $11,950 a year. The one area in Indiana with more marketing specialists, Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($65,200), also pays more.

Fort Wayne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Wayne is #99 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Indiana, Altoona and Lebanon pay just above Fort Wayne and Rapid City and Sierra Vista-Douglas just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Fort Wayne. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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