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Marketing Managers salary in Augusta, GA

Median pay for marketing managers in Augusta, GA: $120,150/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $69,820 – $237,920 · about 190 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($127,800) by −$7,650 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Augusta

With Augusta's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $120,150 has the buying power of about $131,680 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,941 · median home $253,524 · median rent $1,479/mo.

Full Augusta cost of living & taxes →

How Augusta ranks for this job

On raw pay, Augusta, GA is 120th of the 183 metros we hold marketing managers wages for. Once Augusta's cost of living is applied, it ranks 98th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Augusta is one of the places where marketing managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Augusta

A median home in Augusta, GA costs $253,524 — about 2.1× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,479/mo works out at 15% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where marketing managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Augusta.

MetroMedian payvs AugustaRent vs Augusta
San Jose, CA $217,300 +81% 2.5×
San Francisco, CA $209,170 +74% 2.2×
Trenton, NJ $202,000 +68% 1.8×
New York, NY $176,530 +47% 2.4×

Same job elsewhere in GA

MetroMedian payvs AugustaRent vs Augusta
Atlanta, GA $161,870 +35% 1.2×
Columbus, GA $133,190 +11% 0.9×
Savannah, GA $129,940 +8% 1.2×

Staying in GA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 183 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.