Content Creation salary

64 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for content creation roles at mid level across the United States: 284 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $74,275 and $118,050, with a median of $90,325.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $90,325, senior $131,500 and lead $171,027. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 89% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 30 of the 60 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

64 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$66,000 – $90,750	$70,304	7hint
United States · country-wide	Mid	$74,275 – $118,050	$90,325	284
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$61,000 – CA$92,975	CA$80,000	47
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£35,071 – £62,500	£42,500	25
France · country-wide	Mid	€55,000	€55,000	5hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$100,080 – $166,750	$131,500	97
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£52,807 – £100,881	£55,000	9hint
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$96,427 – CA$131,250	CA$113,750	6hint
United States · country-wide	Lead	$108,750 – $248,200	$171,027	12
Remote · United States	Mid	$76,800 – $119,850	$95,000	57
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$55,000 – CA$99,950	CA$90,431	9hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$94,688 – $158,625	$111,558	24
Amsterdam	Entry	€39,000 – €50,000	€39,000	7hint
Atlanta	Entry	$65,000 – $112,000	$94,000	9hint
Atlanta	Mid	$62,000 – $152,000	$90,000	5hint
Austin	Entry	$70,000 – $118,000	$79,000	8hint
Austin	Mid	$75,000 – $150,000	$110,000	13
Berlin	Entry	€31,000 – €52,000	€52,000	5hint
Berlin	Mid	€46,000 – €53,000	€50,000	9hint
Boston	Entry	$55,000 – $98,000	$77,000	7hint
Boston	Senior	$63,000 – $104,000	$85,000	17
Boston	Lead	$106,000 – $195,000	$131,000	10
Chicago	Entry	$81,000 – $106,000	$90,000	18
Chicago	Mid	$74,375 – $120,418	$78,750	8hint
Dallas	Entry	$70,000 – $98,000	$92,000	9hint
Denver	Entry	$48,000 – $75,000	$63,000	8hint
Denver	Mid	$53,000 – $136,000	$90,000	5hint
El Segundo	Senior	$109,000 – $131,000	$109,000	7hint
Hamburg	Entry	€34,000 – €45,000	€40,000	10
London	Entry	£39,000 – £50,000	£46,000	19
London	Mid	£35,000 – £62,500	£42,500	13
London	Senior	£58,970 – £138,095	£100,881	6hint
Los Angeles	Entry	$72,000 – $92,000	$78,000	33
Los Angeles	Mid	$76,500 – $97,500	$81,000	9hint
Los Angeles	Senior	$128,000 – $212,000	$178,000	10
Mclean	Entry	$129,000 – $144,000	$139,000	8hint
Mclean	Senior	$91,000 – $109,000	$93,000	7hint
Minneapolis	Mid	$75,000 – $111,000	$108,000	9hint
New York	Entry	$74,000 – $109,000	$85,000	88
New York	Mid	$75,268 – $122,500	$100,000	44
New York	Senior	$135,000 – $187,500	$175,000	19
New York	Lead	$160,000 – $162,000	$162,000	15
Orlando	Entry	$58,000 – $72,000	$58,000	9hint
Paris	Entry	€17,000 – €26,000	€18,000	7hint
Philadelphia	Entry	$36,000 – $83,000	$53,000	6hint
Pittsburgh	Mid	$92,000 – $109,000	$109,000	6hint
Redmond	Senior	$155,000 – $177,000	$166,000	6hint
San Diego	Entry	$71,000 – $91,000	$75,000	11
San Diego	Mid	$70,000 – $85,000	$76,000	9hint
San Francisco	Entry	$86,000 – $148,000	$120,000	19
San Francisco	Mid	$110,073 – $166,650	$145,000	14
San Francisco	Senior	$141,000 – $175,000	$168,000	9hint
San Jose	Entry	$83,000 – $112,000	$112,000	13
San Jose	Mid	$137,000 – $168,000	$164,000	21
Seattle	Entry	$79,000 – $123,000	$93,000	10
Toronto	Entry	CA$60,000 – CA$85,000	CA$62,000	26
Toronto	Mid	CA$72,500 – CA$90,666	CA$84,250	19
Washington	Entry	$63,000 – $103,000	$76,000	12
Washington	Mid	$69,700 – $109,550	$90,975	8hint
Washington	Senior	$74,000 – $136,000	$97,000	10

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Top 60 of 64 ranges by sample size.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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