Marketing Specialist salary in Tallahassee, FL

Pay in Tallahassee against Florida and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Tallahassee earns $49,400–$93,450. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $114,610, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,140) is 14% 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 $44,050 wide, against $46,950 across Florida and $49,960 nationally: employers in Tallahassee 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 $28,450 over the median, the 25th only $15,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,710 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 Tallahassee, and the Florida statewide median of $75,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Tallahassee

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 $18,871 to the $65,000 median and brings it to $83,871 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 Tallahassee

Of the 16 roles we track in Tallahassee, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,740); sales development representatives come next at $61,880.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Tallahassee (-17.5%), between customer support specialists (-16.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-19.0%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Tallahassee, 5.3% across Florida and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $59,020 in Sebring to $78,990 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, a gap of $19,970 a year. Of the 8 areas in Florida with more marketing specialists than Tallahassee, 1 pays less: Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL ($63,400).

Tallahassee against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tallahassee is #111 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, York-Hanover and Wausau pay just above Tallahassee and Vineland and Goldsboro just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Tallahassee. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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