Marketing Specialist salary in Waterbury-Shelton, CT

Pay in Waterbury-Shelton against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in Waterbury-Shelton earns $53,350–$96,440. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $130,850, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($78,640) 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 $43,090 wide, against $46,170 across Connecticut and $49,960 nationally: employers in Waterbury-Shelton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $24,370 a year in pay and about $31,445 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,720 in pay. 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 Waterbury-Shelton, and the Connecticut statewide median of $77,740 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Waterbury-Shelton

At the $72,070 median, a local hire costs about $92,994 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,924 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 Waterbury-Shelton

Of the 17 roles we track in Waterbury-Shelton, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($73,800) and paralegals ($64,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Waterbury-Shelton (-8.5%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+14.9%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in Waterbury-Shelton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Waterbury-Shelton, 5.5% across Connecticut and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $62,700 in Norwich-New London to $81,030 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $18,330 a year. All 3 areas in Connecticut with more marketing specialists than Waterbury-Shelton also pay more, among them Bridgeport-Stamford, CT ($81,030) and Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($78,220).

Waterbury-Shelton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Waterbury-Shelton is #118 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 Connecticut, Midland and Amherst Town-Northampton pay just above Waterbury-Shelton and Charlottesville and Greenville-Anderson just below. All four are within $480 a year of the median in Waterbury-Shelton. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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