Marketing Specialist salary in Visalia, CA

Pay in Visalia against California and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Visalia earns $50,060–$90,630. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $130,940, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($76,130) 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 $40,570 wide, against $69,340 across California and $49,960 nationally: employers in Visalia pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $16,270 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,300, or about $31,355 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 Visalia, and the California statewide median of $94,700 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Visalia

At the $66,330 median, a local hire costs about $85,587 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,257 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 Visalia

Of the 17 roles we track in Visalia, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($72,470) and paralegals ($64,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,770.

Measured against the US median, marketing specialists rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Visalia (-15.8%), between project coordinators (-6.4%) and sales development representatives (-22.9%). The typical role here is at +1.6%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Visalia than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Visalia, 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 18 areas in California with more marketing specialists than Visalia, 1 pays less: Fresno, CA ($62,880).

Visalia against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Visalia is #254 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside California, Binghamton and Columbus pay just above Visalia and Reno and Ann Arbor just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Visalia. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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