Marketing Specialist salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $117,990, 3.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in Oklahoma City earns $45,960–$83,660. The mean ($71,010) 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 $37,700 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($37,380) and the US figure ($49,960).

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $20,500 a year in pay and about $26,452 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,200 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 Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $61,940 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Oklahoma City

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 $18,337 to the $63,160 median and brings it to $81,497 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 Oklahoma City

Of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,170) and executive assistants ($61,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,400.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City (-19.8%), between executive assistants (-19.7%) and sales development representatives (-21.1%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Oklahoma City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oklahoma City, 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. No other area in Oklahoma has as many marketing specialists, and all 7 others pay less.

Oklahoma City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oklahoma City is #46 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 Oklahoma, Pittsburgh and Louisville pay just above Oklahoma City and Walla Walla and Oshkosh-Neenah just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Oklahoma City. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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