Marketing Specialist salary in Sacramento-Roseville, CA

Pay in Sacramento-Roseville against California and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $138,400, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in Sacramento-Roseville earns $57,480–$105,980. The mean ($87,650) is 11% 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 $48,500 wide, against $69,340 across California and $49,960 nationally: employers in Sacramento-Roseville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,150 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $27,350, or about $35,290 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 Sacramento-Roseville, and the California statewide median of $94,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Sacramento-Roseville

At the $78,630 median, a local hire costs about $101,458 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,828 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 Sacramento-Roseville

Of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($80,950) and paralegals ($78,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $124,350.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville (-0.2%); medical administrative assistants come first (+25.7%). The typical role here is at +13.0%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Sacramento-Roseville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Sacramento-Roseville, 7.1% across California and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $60,540 in El Centro to $141,960 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $81,420 a year. Of the 4 areas in California with more marketing specialists than Sacramento-Roseville, 1 pays less: Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($69,840).

Sacramento-Roseville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sacramento-Roseville is #37 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside California, Peoria and Ithaca pay just above Sacramento-Roseville and Hartford-West Hartford and Burlington just below. All four are within $770 a year of the median in Sacramento-Roseville. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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