Marketing Specialist salary in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area earns $45,440–$87,250. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $120,160, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,350) is 15% 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 $41,810 wide, against $55,820 across Georgia and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area 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 $25,100 over the median, the 25th only $16,710 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,387 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 the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

At the $62,150 median, a local hire costs about $80,194 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,044 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 the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,750) and recruiters ($61,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,400.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area (-21.1%), between virtual receptionists (-20.8%) and administrative assistants (-21.8%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 2.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 5.4% 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 7 areas in Georgia with more marketing specialists than the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($60,920) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($53,510).

the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Middle Georgia nonmetro area is #282 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Birmingham pay just above the Middle Georgia nonmetro area and Bloomington and Albuquerque just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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