United States · USD
Creative Director salary in United States
The median salary in Creative Director job ads in United States is $246,808 a year (about $20,567 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $208,500 to $305,500, based on 8 salaries from 7 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $246,808
- a year
- Salaries
- 8
- from 7 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $156,900
- 25th percentile
- $208,500
- Median
- $246,808
- 75th percentile
- $305,500
- 90th percentile
- $314,500
8 salaries · 13 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 8 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Creative Director salary brackets in United States
How the 8 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| $140K–$160K | 13% 1 listing | |
| $160K–$180K | 12% 1 listing | |
| $180K–$200K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $220K–$240K | 12% 1 listing | |
| $240K–$260KMedian here | 25% 2 listings | |
| $260K–$280K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $280K–$300K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $300K–$320K | 38% 3 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Pay listed by employers
Latest Creative Director jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Creative Director, Visual StorytellingAbbott India · Director · posted 17 Oct 2026$149,300 – $298,700
- Creative Director, Visual DesignNew Relic · posted 28 Aug 2026from $162,000
- Creative DirectorVanta · Director · posted 16 Oct 2026$224,000 – $263,000
- Creative Director, ArtOpenAI · Director · posted 16 Oct 2026$287,000 – $318,000
- Creative Director, PortfolioSALT XC · posted 18 Sept 2026from $145,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
8 salaries from 7 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 88%
- Pay read from posting text 12%
Live jobs
Creative Director jobs in United States
- Creative Director, Visual Storytelling
Abbott India · United States > Abbott Park : AP06C
$149.3K – $298.7K/yr · listed by the employer
- Creative Director, Tidal
Block · New York, United States of America
$251.6K – $377.4K/yr · listed by the employer
- Creative Director, Block
Block · New York, United States of America
$251.6K – $377.4K/yr · listed by the employer
- Creative Director
Vanta · USA
$224K – $263K/yr · listed by the employer
- Creative Director, Art
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
$287K – $318K/yr · listed by the employer
- Creative Director, Portfolio
SALT XC · Chicago, United States
$145K – $170K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Creative Director salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Creative Director salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for Creative Director in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $246,808 a year, based on 8 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $208,500 and $305,500 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Creative Director salary in United States?
From 8 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.