Marketing Specialist salary in Trenton-Princeton, NJ

Pay in Trenton-Princeton against New Jersey and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Trenton-Princeton earns $64,420–$113,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $138,160, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($90,250) is 10% 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 $49,060 wide, between the figure for New Jersey ($45,330) and the US figure ($49,960).

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $31,370 over the median, the 25th only $17,690 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $40,477 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 25th percentile and the median in Trenton-Princeton, and the New Jersey statewide median of $88,190 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Trenton-Princeton

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 $23,838 to the $82,110 median and brings it to $105,948 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 Trenton-Princeton

Of the 17 roles we track in Trenton-Princeton, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($99,550) and executive assistants ($80,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $113,750.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Trenton-Princeton (+4.3%), between executive assistants (+5.4%) and HR assistants (+3.4%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Marketing specialists hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Trenton-Princeton, 4.8% across New Jersey and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Jersey

Across the 3 areas of New Jersey with data for this job, the median runs from $64,990 in Vineland to $82,110 in Trenton-Princeton, a gap of $17,120 a year. No other area in New Jersey has as many marketing specialists, and both others pay less.

Trenton-Princeton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Trenton-Princeton is #91 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 New Jersey, Charlotte-Concord and Los Angeles-Long Beach pay just above Trenton-Princeton and Richmond and Napa just below. All four are within $880 a year of the median in Trenton-Princeton. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, none pays as much.

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