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Marketing Manager salary in United States

In the U.S., marketing managers (SOC 11-2021) earned a median $166,790 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 172 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $162,338. The middle half of those ads list $131,850 to $191,113, based on 172 salaries from 75 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.

Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Marketing Managers: official U.S. pay, May 2025

In the U.S., marketing managers (SOC 11-2021) earned a median $166,790 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 172 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $162,338.

10th percentile
$90,260
25th percentile
$123,020
Median
$166,790
75th percentile
$216,410
90th percentile
$293,610

Jobiba's job-ad median is 3% below the BLS median.

Occupation: Marketing Managers (SOC 11-2021) · 395,240 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Median in job ads
$162,338
a year
12-month range
High $157,775
Aug 2026
Low $146,000 · Sep 2026
Salaries
172
from 75 employers
Last updated
22 Oct 2026
12-month window to 22 Oct 2026

Salary range

Where listed pay sits

USD · per year
10th percentile
$104,200
25th percentile
$131,850
Median
$162,338
75th percentile
$191,113
90th percentile
$222,250

172 salaries · 287 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.

Based on 172 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026

Salary brackets

Marketing Manager salary brackets in United States

How the 172 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.

Marketing Manager salary observations by pay bracket in United States, USD per year
Pay bracketRelative sizeShare and count of listings
Under $100K8% 13 listings
$100K–$120K10% 17 listings
$120K–$140K13% 23 listings
$140K–$160K17% 29 listings
$160K–$180KMedian here19% 32 listings
$180K–$200K15% 26 listings
$200K–$220K6% 11 listings
$220K–$240K8% 14 listings
$240K and over4% 7 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.

Salary by experience

How Marketing Manager pay changes with experience in United States

Pay by the experience level employers state in their job posts, from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A level appears only with at least 8 salaries.

Marketing Manager salary by experience level in United States, USD per year
Experience levelPay range chartMedian pay
Mid level$117,750–$173,588 · 27 salaries$135,000
Senior level$161,500–$194,075 · 80 salaries$176,400

One shared scale, $114.7K to $197.1K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Salary by place

Marketing Manager salary by city

Cities in United States that have enough salaries for their own page. Each place is its own group of salaries in one currency. Places in another currency are listed separately, never converted.

Marketing Manager salary by city, USD per year
CityPay range chartMedian pay
San Francisco$164,625–$230,375 · 46 salaries$195,000
New York$132,000–$175,000 · 32 salaries$158,750

One shared scale, $128.1K to $234.3K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Salary by company

What companies pay a Marketing Manager in United States

Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.

Marketing Manager salary by company in United States, USD per year
CompanyPay range chartMedian pay
Datadog$96,000–$160,250 · 11 salaries$123,000
OpenAI$234,125–$239,500 · 10 salaries$238,500
Snowflake$173,925–$190,650 · 7 salaries$190,650
Harvey$161,500–$172,000 · 7 salaries$172,000
Brex$147,465–$147,465 · 7 salaries$147,465
Databricks$174,900–$194,075 · 7 salaries$194,075
Ramp$10,000–$102,250 · 6 salaries$10,000
Perplexity$173,125–$246,250 · 6 salaries$220,000

One shared scale, $550 to $255.7K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Skills and pay

Skills linked to higher Marketing Manager pay in United States

How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.

Skills and their pay premium for Marketing Manager in United States
SkillPay premium chartPay premium
artificial intelligencemedian $235,250 · 14 salariesup +44.9%
financemedian $171,500 · 24 salariesup +5.6%
aimedian $165,225 · 144 salariesup +1.8%
excelmedian $148,000 · 25 salariesdown −8.8%
crmmedian $147,465 · 36 salariesdown −9.2%
logisticsmedian $141,300 · 17 salariesdown −13.0%
project managementmedian $140,650 · 36 salariesdown −13.4%
gomedian $133,350 · 30 salariesdown −17.9%

Pay listed by employers

Latest Marketing Manager jobs that show their pay in United States

Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.

Evidence

Where these numbers come from

172 salaries from 75 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 82%
  • Pay read from posting text 5%
  • Other sources 13%
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Live jobs

Marketing Manager jobs in United States

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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

Marketing Manager salary in United States: common questions

What is the average Marketing Manager salary in United States in 2026?

In the U.S., marketing managers (SOC 11-2021) earned a median $166,790 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 172 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $162,338. The middle half of those job ads pay between $131,850 and $191,113 a year (25th to 75th percentile).

How much does an entry-level Marketing Manager earn in United States compared with experienced hires?

By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Mid level: $135,000 median (27 postings); Senior level: $176,400 median (80 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.

Which cities pay the most for Marketing Manager jobs?

Among cities with enough USD salary data on Jobiba, the highest medians are San Francisco ($195,000 median, 46 postings), New York ($158,750 median, 32 postings). Salaries are compared in their listed currency, without conversion.

How does Jobiba calculate Marketing Manager salary in United States?

From 172 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.

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