Marketing Specialist salary in Joplin, MO-KS

Pay in Joplin against Missouri and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Joplin earns $41,810–$73,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,670, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($62,110) is 13% 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 $32,180 wide, against $52,030 across Missouri and $49,960 nationally: employers in Joplin pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,940 a year in pay and about $24,439 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,240 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 Joplin, and the Missouri statewide median of $70,140 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 Joplin

At the $55,050 median, a local hire costs about $71,032 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,982 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 Joplin

Of the 14 roles we track in Joplin, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($56,800) and executive assistants ($53,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,760.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #13 of the 14 roles we track in Joplin (-30.1%), between executive assistants (-30.0%) and sales development representatives (-36.7%). The typical role here is at -18.6%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Joplin than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Joplin, 5.4% across Missouri and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $40,570 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $74,130 in St. Louis, a gap of $33,560 a year. Of the 6 areas in Missouri with more marketing specialists than Joplin, 1 pays less: the Central Missouri nonmetro area ($49,920).

Joplin against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Joplin is #313 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 Missouri, Twin Falls and Bay City pay just above Joplin and Sumter and Gulfport-Biloxi just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Joplin. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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