Marketing Specialist salary in Norwich-New London, CT

Pay in Norwich-New London against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Norwich-New London earns $48,960–$79,230. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,580, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,470) 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 $30,270 wide, against $46,170 across Connecticut and $49,960 nationally: employers in Norwich-New London pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,530 a year in pay and about $21,329 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,740 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 median and the 75th percentile in Norwich-New London, and the Connecticut statewide median of $77,740 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Norwich-New London

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 $18,203 to the $62,700 median and brings it to $80,903 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 Norwich-New London

Of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($63,750) and payroll specialists ($60,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,800.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London (-20.4%); administrative assistants come first (+14.3%). The typical role here is at +2.3%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Norwich-New London than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Norwich-New London, 5.5% across Connecticut and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $62,700 in Norwich-New London to $81,030 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $18,330 a year. All 4 areas in Connecticut with more marketing specialists than Norwich-New London also pay more, among them Bridgeport-Stamford, CT ($81,030) and Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($78,220).

Norwich-New London against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Norwich-New London is #245 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Connecticut, Kingston and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above Norwich-New London and Lawton and Janesville-Beloit just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Norwich-New London. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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