Marketing Specialist salary in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley against Washington and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Spokane-Spokane Valley earns $54,480–$97,090. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $135,130, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($80,670) is 15% 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 $42,610 wide, against $71,970 across Washington and $49,960 nationally: employers in Spokane-Spokane Valley 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 $26,700 over the median, the 25th only $15,910 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,452 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, and the Washington statewide median of $95,120 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Spokane-Spokane Valley

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 $20,436 to the $70,390 median and brings it to $90,826 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley

Of the 17 roles we track in Spokane-Spokane Valley, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($71,550) and sales development representatives ($69,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,840.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Spokane-Spokane Valley (-10.6%); data entry specialists come first (+12.8%). The typical role here is at +4.0%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Spokane-Spokane Valley than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 5.1% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Spokane-Spokane Valley, 7.2% across Washington and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $62,310 in the Western Washington nonmetro area to $102,170 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $39,860 a year. The one area in Washington with more marketing specialists, Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($102,170), also pays more.

Spokane-Spokane Valley against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Spokane-Spokane Valley is #86 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 Washington, Salinas and Manchester-Nashua pay just above Spokane-Spokane Valley and Battle Creek and Utica-Rome just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Spokane-Spokane Valley. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, all three pay more.

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