Marketing Specialist salary in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against Oklahoma and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $104,240, 3.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $42,200–$76,970. The mean ($63,620) is 13% 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 $34,770 wide, against $37,380 across Oklahoma and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Northwest Oklahoma 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 $20,740 a year in pay and about $26,761 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,030 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $61,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local marketing specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $56,230 median, a local hire costs about $72,555 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,325 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 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($56,940) and sales development representatives ($54,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,590.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-28.6%), between recruiters (-24.7%) and paralegals (-33.9%). The typical role here is at -19.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 3.8% across Oklahoma and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $51,530 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $63,160 in Oklahoma City, a gap of $11,630 a year. Of the 3 areas in Oklahoma with more marketing specialists than the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($52,000).

the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #284 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Oklahoma, Sioux City and Waco pay just above the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Kankakee and Corpus Christi just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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