Content Creation salary

61 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Sep 10, 2026

Live content creation jobs Amsterdam Atlanta Austin Berlin Boston Chicago Dallas Denver El Segundo Hamburg Irvine London Los Angeles Mclean Minneapolis New York Orlando Paris Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco San Jose Seattle Toronto Washington Remote

These figures come from 526 content creation postings where the employer stated pay, covering 21 cities. The single best-evidenced figure is New York at entry-level, where 88 postings put the middle half between $74,000 and $109,000, with a median of $85,000.

Pay rises with seniority. Typical figures run entry-level around $87,000, mid-level around $105,000, senior around $129,000 and lead around $150,000. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 72% more.

Location moves the number too. Of the 7 cities with enough disclosures to rank, San Jose pays most at around $144,000 and Washington least at around $84,000, a gap of roughly 71%.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 23 of the 42 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.

Every measured range

61 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Lead	$106,250 – $145,165	$117,250	6
United States · country-wide	Mid	$74,800 – $119,738	$90,325	176
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$61,500 – CA$99,075	CA$85,000	35
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£43,250 – £70,563	£63,626	10
United States · country-wide	Senior	$99,875 – $172,874	$133,916	58
Remote · United States	Mid	$79,710 – $123,895	$105,000	43
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$56,750 – CA$115,225	CA$99,950	7
Remote · United States	Senior	$93,750 – $157,500	$110,000	17
Amsterdam	Entry	€39,000 – €50,000	€39,000	7
Atlanta	Entry	$65,000 – $112,000	$94,000	9
Atlanta	Mid	$62,000 – $152,000	$90,000	5
Austin	Entry	$70,000 – $118,000	$79,000	8
Austin	Mid	$75,000 – $150,000	$110,000	13
Berlin	Entry	€31,000 – €52,000	€52,000	5
Berlin	Mid	€46,000 – €53,000	€50,000	9
Boston	Entry	$55,000 – $98,000	$77,000	7
Boston	Lead	$106,000 – $195,000	$131,000	10
Boston	Mid	$77,000 – $128,000	$104,000	14
Boston	Senior	$63,000 – $104,000	$85,000	17
Chicago	Entry	$81,000 – $106,000	$90,000	18
Chicago	Mid	$65,000 – $109,000	$92,000	11
Dallas	Entry	$70,000 – $98,000	$92,000	9
Denver	Entry	$48,000 – $75,000	$63,000	8
Denver	Mid	$53,000 – $136,000	$90,000	5
El Segundo	Senior	$109,000 – $131,000	$109,000	7
Hamburg	Entry	€34,000 – €45,000	€40,000	10
Irvine	Entry	$50,000 – $80,000	$80,000	5
Irvine	Mid	$83,000 – $106,000	$85,000	5
London	Entry	£39,000 – £50,000	£46,000	19
London	Mid	£45,500 – £76,741	£62,500	5
London	Senior	£69,000 – £125,000	£80,000	10
Los Angeles	Entry	$72,000 – $92,000	$78,000	33
Los Angeles	Mid	$76,500 – $101,950	$81,000	9
Los Angeles	Senior	$128,000 – $212,000	$178,000	10
Mclean	Entry	$129,000 – $144,000	$139,000	8
Mclean	Senior	$91,000 – $109,000	$93,000	7
Minneapolis	Mid	$75,000 – $111,000	$108,000	9
New York	Entry	$74,000 – $109,000	$85,000	88
New York	Lead	$160,000 – $162,000	$162,000	15
New York	Mid	$75,357 – $115,000	$88,660	25
New York	Senior	$128,250 – $192,500	$175,000	15
Orlando	Entry	$58,000 – $72,000	$58,000	9
Paris	Entry	€17,000 – €26,000	€18,000	7
Philadelphia	Entry	$36,000 – $83,000	$53,000	6
Pittsburgh	Mid	$92,000 – $109,000	$109,000	6
Redmond	Senior	$155,000 – $177,000	$166,000	6
San Diego	Entry	$71,000 – $91,000	$75,000	11
San Diego	Mid	$70,000 – $85,000	$76,000	9
San Francisco	Entry	$86,000 – $148,000	$120,000	19
San Francisco	Mid	$98,750 – $164,500	$125,291	7
San Francisco	Senior	$140,000 – $225,000	$141,000	5
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
Seattle	Mid	$82,000 – $112,500	$90,000	5
Toronto	Entry	CA$60,000 – CA$85,000	CA$62,000	26
Toronto	Mid	CA$65,750 – CA$96,900	CA$85,150	14
Washington	Entry	$63,000 – $103,000	$76,000	12
Washington	Mid	$69,700 – $93,475	$80,000	7
Washington	Senior	$74,000 – $136,000	$97,000	10

Top 60 of 61 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.