Marketing Specialist salary in Ocala, FL

Pay in Ocala against Florida and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Ocala earns $45,920–$82,760. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,850, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,590) 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 $36,840 wide, against $46,950 across Florida and $49,960 nationally: employers in Ocala pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,900 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,940, or about $28,310 once benefits are added. 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 Ocala, and the Florida statewide median of $75,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Ocala

At the $60,820 median, a local hire costs about $78,477 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,657 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 Ocala

Of the 17 roles we track in Ocala, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,010) and office managers ($59,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,580.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Ocala (-22.8%), between executive assistants (-20.3%) and sales development representatives (-23.1%). The typical role here is at -15.1%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Ocala than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Ocala, 5.2% across Florida and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $59,020 in Sebring to $78,990 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, a gap of $19,970 a year. All 14 areas in Florida with more marketing specialists than Ocala also pay more, among them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($72,860) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($75,210).

Ocala against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ocala is #192 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Augusta-Richmond County and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above Ocala and Victoria and Paducah just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Ocala. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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