Marketing Specialist salary in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Pay in Racine-Mount Pleasant against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Racine-Mount Pleasant earns $53,370–$98,630. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $115,320, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $45,260 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($37,110) and the US figure ($49,960).

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $27,970 over the median, the 25th only $17,290 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,090 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 median and the 75th percentile in Racine-Mount Pleasant, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $64,800 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Racine-Mount Pleasant

At the $70,660 median, a local hire costs about $91,174 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,514 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant

Of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($73,890) and recruiters ($67,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,460.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant (-10.3%), between sales development representatives (-8.9%) and recruiters (-11.5%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Racine-Mount Pleasant than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Racine-Mount Pleasant, 5.6% across Wisconsin and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $55,580 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $73,880 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $18,300 a year. Of the 12 areas in Wisconsin with more marketing specialists than Racine-Mount Pleasant, 10 pay less, the largest of them Madison, WI ($67,990), Green Bay, WI ($63,050) and the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($61,250).

Racine-Mount Pleasant against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Racine-Mount Pleasant is #303 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Hanford-Corcoran and Chico pay just above Racine-Mount Pleasant and Manchester-Nashua and Salinas just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Racine-Mount Pleasant. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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