Marketing Specialist salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area earns $39,700–$77,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $96,480, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $38,290 wide, against $39,440 across Utah and $49,960 nationally: employers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $19,760 a year in pay and about $25,497 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,530 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $62,630 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

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 $16,905 to the $58,230 median and brings it to $75,135 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($61,220) and paralegals ($55,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,550.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #14 of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area (-26.1%), between recruiters (-14.8%) and executive assistants (-27.6%). The typical role here is at -10.4%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.6% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, 7.6% across Utah and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $58,230 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $64,670 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,440 a year. All 5 areas in Utah with more marketing specialists than the High Desert Utah nonmetro area also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($64,670) and Provo-Orem, UT ($62,960).

the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the High Desert Utah nonmetro area is #225 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 Utah, Muskegon-Norton Shores and Elmira pay just above the High Desert Utah nonmetro area and Clarksville and Yuma just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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