Marketing Specialist salary in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Pay in Panama City-Panama City Beach against Florida and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Panama City-Panama City Beach earns $47,340–$79,300. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $116,310, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,540) is 9% 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 $31,960 wide, against $46,950 across Florida and $49,960 nationally: employers in Panama City-Panama City Beach pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,660 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,300, or about $18,452 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $75,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Panama City-Panama City Beach

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 $18,871 to the $65,000 median and brings it to $83,871 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach

Of the 15 roles we track in Panama City-Panama City Beach, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,820) and recruiters ($62,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,360.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Panama City-Panama City Beach (-17.5%), between recruiters (-17.4%) and customer support specialists (-17.6%). The typical role here is at -14.2%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Panama City-Panama City Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Panama City-Panama City Beach, 5.3% 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. Of the 15 areas in Florida with more marketing specialists than Panama City-Panama City Beach, 3 pay less: Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL ($63,400), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, FL ($62,180) and Ocala, FL ($60,820).

Panama City-Panama City Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Panama City-Panama City Beach is #274 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, York-Hanover and Wausau pay just above Panama City-Panama City Beach and Vineland and Goldsboro just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Panama City-Panama City Beach. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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