Marketing Specialist salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

Marketing specialists at the 90th percentile earn $150,610, 3.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.6. The middle half of marketing specialists in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $46,290–$92,840. The mean ($78,420) is 29% 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 $46,550 wide, against $47,830 across Michigan and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $31,870 over the median, the 25th only $14,680 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $41,123 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $66,780 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

At the $60,970 median, a local hire costs about $78,671 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,701 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 the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($61,370) and executive assistants ($59,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (-22.6%); sales development representatives come first (+2.3%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 6.0% across Michigan and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $53,100 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $77,100 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $24,000 a year. Of the 6 areas in Michigan with more marketing specialists than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($55,500).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #202 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Prescott Valley-Prescott and State College pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Augusta-Richmond County and Sebastian-Vero Beach just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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