Marketing Specialist salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Pay in Stockton-Lodi against California and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Stockton-Lodi earns $51,510–$98,310. The top tenth earns $131,720 or more, 3.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.6 times. The mean ($80,090) is 9% 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 $46,800 wide, against $69,340 across California and $49,960 nationally: employers in Stockton-Lodi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $22,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,660, or about $31,819 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 Stockton-Lodi, and the California statewide median of $94,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Stockton-Lodi

At the $73,650 median, a local hire costs about $95,032 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,382 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 Stockton-Lodi

Of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($74,100) and paralegals ($70,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,240.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi (-6.5%); administrative assistants come first (+13.1%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Stockton-Lodi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Stockton-Lodi, 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 10 areas in California with more marketing specialists than Stockton-Lodi, 3 pay less: Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($69,840), Fresno, CA ($62,880) and Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($69,910).

Stockton-Lodi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Stockton-Lodi is #129 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 California, Milwaukee-Waukesha and Greensboro-High Point pay just above Stockton-Lodi and Portland-South Portland and Palm Bay-Melbourne just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in Stockton-Lodi. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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