Communications salary

These figures come from 2,329 communications postings where the employer stated pay, covering 83 cities. The single best-evidenced figure is New York at entry-level, where 97 postings put the middle half between $54,000 and $90,000, with a median of $70,000.

Pay rises with seniority. Typical figures run entry-level around $61,000, mid-level around $100,000, senior around $134,000 and lead around $179,000. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 194% more.

Location moves the number too. Of the 33 cities with enough disclosures to rank, Cambridge pays most at around $203,000 and Northfield least at around $24,000. That spread is wide enough that the cities are almost certainly not hiring at the same seniority, so treat it as a range of markets rather than a like-for-like premium.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 96 of the 171 US-dollar ranges rest on fewer than 10 postings, so treat those as a hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column tells you which.