Marketing Specialist salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $62,990–$80,540. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $108,940, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($80,040) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,550 wide, against $69,340 across California and $49,960 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $0 a year in pay and about $0 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,550 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 25th percentile and the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $94,700 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

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 $23,383 to the $80,540 median and brings it to $103,923 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 the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($82,140) and executive assistants ($78,730). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (+2.3%), between executive assistants (+2.8%) and sales development representatives (+1.7%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 7.1% across California and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $60,540 in El Centro to $141,960 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $81,420 a year. Of the 16 areas in California with more marketing specialists than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 12 pay less, the largest of them Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($69,840), Sacramento-Roseville, CA ($78,630) and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA ($80,100).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #232 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Bridgeport-Stamford and Richmond pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Austin-Round Rock and Chicago-Naperville just below. All four are within $1,120 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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