Marketing Specialist salary in Green Bay, WI

Pay in Green Bay against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Green Bay earns $50,270–$79,870. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,890, only 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,710) 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 $29,600 wide, against $37,110 across Wisconsin and $49,960 nationally: employers in Green Bay pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,820 a year in pay and about $21,703 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,780 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 median and the 75th percentile in Green Bay, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $64,800 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Green Bay

At the $63,050 median, a local hire costs about $81,355 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,305 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 Green Bay

Of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($64,160) and payroll specialists ($57,510). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,210.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay (-19.9%); virtual receptionists come first (+7.2%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Green Bay than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Green Bay, 5.5% across Wisconsin and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $55,580 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $73,880 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $18,300 a year. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more marketing specialists than Green Bay also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($73,880) and Madison, WI ($67,990).

Green Bay against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Green Bay is #117 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 Wisconsin, Rome and Walla Walla pay just above Green Bay and Reading and Honolulu just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Green Bay. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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