How much do Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists make in Lancaster, PA?

Percentile spread

For Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $39,540 and the 90th percentile is $110,630. The difference is $71,090, which is 109.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $51,340 to the 75th at $84,750, covers $33,410.

The mean annual wage is $72,660, which sits above the median of $64,790. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lancaster, PA median is 17.7% lower than the national median of $78,760 for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,939, which is 16.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.8% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $68,760.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lancaster, PA is 98.257, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,790 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists at $65,939 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists. Lancaster, PA ranks 23rd of 38 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Lebanon, PA is 25 miles away, with a median of $61,770 and employment of 120. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,267, against $65,939 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 27 miles away, with a median of $65,020 and employment of 570. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,729, against $65,939 here.
• Reading, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $63,040 and employment of 520. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,950, against $65,939 here.

Employment share

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists accounts for 0.39% of wage-and-salary employment in Lancaster, PA (990 of 252,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.58% of employment (899,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.68 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.