Marketing Specialist salary in Macon-Bibb County, GA

Pay in Macon-Bibb County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Macon-Bibb County earns $44,290–$88,100. The top tenth earns $127,500 or more, 3.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.6 times. The mean ($70,450) is 16% 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 $43,810 wide, against $55,820 across Georgia and $49,960 nationally: employers in Macon-Bibb County 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 $27,590 over the median, the 25th only $16,220 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $35,600 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 Macon-Bibb County, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Macon-Bibb County

At the $60,510 median, a local hire costs about $78,077 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,567 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 Macon-Bibb County

Of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,220) and office managers ($60,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,420.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County (-23.2%); virtual receptionists come first (-3.9%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Macon-Bibb County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Macon-Bibb County, 5.5% across Georgia and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 17 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $53,510 in the North Georgia nonmetro area to $79,040 in Dalton, a gap of $25,530 a year. Of the 9 areas in Georgia with more marketing specialists than Macon-Bibb County, 1 pays less: the North Georgia nonmetro area ($53,510).

Macon-Bibb County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Macon-Bibb County is #301 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Grand Forks and Flagstaff pay just above Macon-Bibb County and Great Falls and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Macon-Bibb County. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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