Marketing Specialist salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $119,270, 3.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in Killeen-Temple earns $44,970–$81,040. The mean ($67,340) is 14% 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 $36,070 wide, against $46,260 across Texas and $49,960 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,050 over the median, the 25th only $14,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,452 a year in employer cost. 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 Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $72,520 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

At the $58,990 median, a local hire costs about $76,116 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,126 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,030) and office managers ($58,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-25.1%), between executive assistants (-20.3%) and sales development representatives (-30.9%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Killeen-Temple than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 4.0% across Texas and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 31 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $47,220 in Laredo to $80,460 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $33,240 a year. Of the 13 areas in Texas with more marketing specialists than Killeen-Temple, 8 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($50,680), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($48,350) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($58,360).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #252 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Sebring and Ogden pay just above Killeen-Temple and Fort Smith and Saginaw just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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