Marketing Specialist salary in Jackson, MS

Pay in Jackson against Mississippi and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $102,940, 3.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in Jackson earns $44,840–$79,830. The mean ($66,410) is 10% 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 $34,990 wide, between the figure for Mississippi ($31,140) and the US figure ($49,960).

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $19,520 a year in pay and about $25,187 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,470 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 Jackson, and the Mississippi statewide median of $56,640 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Jackson

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 $17,509 to the $60,310 median and brings it to $77,819 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 Jackson

Of the 17 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,720) and office managers ($60,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,150.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Jackson (-23.4%), between payroll specialists (-20.0%) and project coordinators (-23.6%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Jackson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Jackson 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. No other area in Mississippi has as many marketing specialists, and all 6 others pay less.

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #140 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Mobile and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre pay just above Jackson and Lynchburg and Lewiston just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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