Marketing Specialist salary in Ogden, UT

Pay in Ogden against Utah and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Ogden earns $46,450–$78,190. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,170, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($66,020) 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 $31,740 wide, against $39,440 across Utah and $49,960 nationally: employers in Ogden 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 $19,050 over the median, the 25th only $12,690 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,581 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Ogden, and the Utah statewide median of $62,630 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 Ogden

At the $59,140 median, a local hire costs about $76,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,170 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 Ogden

Of the 16 roles we track in Ogden, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($64,910) and executive assistants ($57,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,360.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Ogden (-24.9%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+2.4%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Ogden than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Ogden, 8.1% across Utah and 6.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $58,230 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $64,670 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,440 a year. All 2 areas in Utah with more marketing specialists than Ogden also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($64,670) and Provo-Orem, UT ($62,960).

Ogden against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ogden is #80 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Utah, Huntsville and Houma-Bayou Cane pay just above Ogden and Sebring and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Ogden. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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