Marketing Specialist salary in York-Hanover, PA

Pay in York-Hanover against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of marketing specialists in York-Hanover earns $46,760–$91,460. The top tenth earns $125,130 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.6 times. The mean ($74,930) 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 $44,700 wide, against $46,880 across Pennsylvania and $49,960 nationally: employers in York-Hanover pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a marketing specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $26,440 a year in pay and about $34,116 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,260 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 York-Hanover, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $68,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in York-Hanover

At the $65,020 median, a local hire costs about $83,897 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,877 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 York-Hanover

Of the 17 roles we track in York-Hanover, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($66,210) and office managers ($64,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,170.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in York-Hanover (-17.4%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+2.6%). The typical role here is at -5.5%, so, measured against the US, marketing specialists cost less in York-Hanover than the area's general pay level would suggest. Marketing specialists hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in York-Hanover, 5.4% across Pennsylvania and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $50,770 in Johnstown to $79,420 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $28,650 a year. Of the 6 areas in Pennsylvania with more marketing specialists than York-Hanover, 3 pay less: Pittsburgh, PA ($63,190), Lancaster, PA ($64,790) and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($60,440).

York-Hanover against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, York-Hanover is #166 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Wausau and Springfield pay just above York-Hanover and Panama City-Panama City Beach and Tallahassee just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in York-Hanover. Of the three markets with about as many marketing specialists, one pays more.

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