Marketing Specialist salary in the Western Washington nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Washington nonmetro area against Washington and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in the Western Washington nonmetro area earns $56,030–$80,360. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,930, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,730) is 18% 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 $24,330 wide, against $71,970 across Washington and $49,960 nationally: employers in the Western Washington nonmetro area 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 $18,050 over the median, the 25th only $6,280 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,290 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 the Western Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $95,120 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Western Washington nonmetro area

At the $62,310 median, a local hire costs about $80,400 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,090 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 the Western Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($63,860) and bookkeepers ($58,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,580.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area (-20.9%); data entry specialists come first (+28.3%). The typical role here is at +8.9%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in the Western Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Western Washington nonmetro area, 7.2% across Washington and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $62,310 in the Western Washington nonmetro area to $102,170 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $39,860 a year. All 4 areas in Washington with more marketing specialists than the Western Washington nonmetro area also pay more, among them Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($102,170) and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($70,390).

the Western Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Washington nonmetro area is #195 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Washington, Fond du Lac and Boise City pay just above the Western Washington nonmetro area and Omaha and Birmingham just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, two pay more.

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