Utah / Department of Agriculture & Food / Marketing Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Agriculture & Food. Median total compensation for the role is $37,566, above the department median of $6,963.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists — about 14,510 people — is $62,630. Department of Agriculture & Food pays a median base salary of $42,160 for this role, 33% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Agriculture & Food’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists — about 899,580 people — is $78,760. Department of Agriculture & Food’s median base salary is 46% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Agriculture & Food is $37,566, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Marketing Specialist is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Agriculture & Food, the median of $37,566 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Marketing Specialist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $31,383 ranks #7 of 7. See Marketing Specialist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Marketing Specialist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Marketing Specialist/Department of Agriculture & Food
Source-specific fields
Ryan Mortenson is a Marketing Specialist at Department of Agriculture & Food within Dag Marketing & Economic Development. 2019 total compensation came to $68,170.
Marketing Specialist/Department of Agriculture & Food
Source-specific fields
Jared Weight works as a Marketing Specialist for Department of Agriculture & Food within Dag Marketing & Economic Development. Jared earned $37,566 in 2019.
Marketing Specialist/Department of Agriculture & Food
Source-specific fields
Calli Nielsen is a Marketing Specialist at Department of Agriculture & Food within Dag Agriculture & Food - Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $3,262.