Marketing Specialist salary in the South Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the South Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the South Georgia nonmetro area earns $44,720–$102,350. The top tenth earns $131,680 or more, 3.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.6 times. The mean ($74,830) is 20% 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 $57,630 wide, wider than in Georgia as a whole ($55,820) and the US ($49,960), so what a marketing specialist earns in the South Georgia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $40,170 over the median, the 25th only $17,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $51,832 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 the South Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Georgia nonmetro area

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 $18,052 to the $62,180 median and brings it to $80,232 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 the South Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,440) and recruiters ($60,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,640.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area (-21.1%), between recruiters (-19.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 2.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, 5.4% across Georgia and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 17 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $53,510 in the North Georgia nonmetro area to $79,040 in Dalton, a gap of $25,530 a year. Of the 6 areas in Georgia with more marketing specialists than the South Georgia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($60,920) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($53,510).

the South Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Georgia nonmetro area is #209 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Birmingham pay just above the South Georgia nonmetro area and Bloomington and Albuquerque just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the South Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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