Marketing Specialist salary in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay in Gulfport-Biloxi against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Gulfport-Biloxi earns $40,650–$68,710. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,260, only 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($59,630) is 9% 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 $28,060 wide, against $31,140 across Mississippi and $49,960 nationally: employers in Gulfport-Biloxi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,170 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,890, or about $17,923 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, and the Mississippi statewide median of $56,640 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

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 $15,915 to the $54,820 median and brings it to $70,735 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

Of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($58,390) and sales development representatives ($48,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,200.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi (-30.4%), between paralegals (-26.5%) and sales development representatives (-30.7%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Gulfport-Biloxi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gulfport-Biloxi and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $48,570 in Hattiesburg to $60,310 in Jackson, a gap of $11,740 a year. Of the 2 areas in Mississippi with more marketing specialists than Gulfport-Biloxi, 1 pays less: the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($50,810).

Gulfport-Biloxi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gulfport-Biloxi is #259 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Sumter and Joplin pay just above Gulfport-Biloxi and Morgantown and Anniston-Oxford just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Gulfport-Biloxi. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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