Marketing Specialist salary in Lancaster, PA

Pay in Lancaster against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Lancaster earns $51,340–$84,750. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $110,630, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($72,660) is 12% 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 $33,410 wide, against $46,880 across Pennsylvania and $49,960 nationally: employers in Lancaster pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,450 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,960, or about $25,755 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 median and the 75th percentile in Lancaster, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $68,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lancaster

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 $18,810 to the $64,790 median and brings it to $83,600 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 Lancaster

Of the 17 roles we track in Lancaster, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($66,330) and office managers ($64,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,820.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Lancaster (-17.7%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+1.9%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Lancaster than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lancaster, 5.4% across Pennsylvania and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $50,770 in Johnstown to $79,420 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $28,650 a year. Of the 4 areas in Pennsylvania with more marketing specialists than Lancaster, 1 pays less: Pittsburgh, PA ($63,190).

Lancaster against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lancaster is #102 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Pennsylvania, Valdosta and Grand Rapids-Wyoming pay just above Lancaster and Columbia and Corvallis just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Lancaster. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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