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General Marketing salary in San Jose

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 5, 2026

General Marketing pay in San Jose is measured from 52 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is entry-level, where 20 postings put the middle half between $60,000 and $94,000, with a median of $77,000.

Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run entry-level $77,000, senior $205,000 and lead $225,000. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 192% more.

Against the 100 other measured markets for general marketing at entry-level, this sits below 16 of them; Mountain View leads at $160,000.

1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.

29 general marketing roles are open in San Jose right now, 11 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Entry $60,000 – $94,000 $77,000 20
Mid $76,913 – $202,669 $89,250 8hint
Senior $178,175 – $228,000 $205,000 13
Lead $206,000 – $239,000 $225,000 11

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.

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

Open general marketing roles in San Jose · 11 with stated pay

Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $151,455–$272,550scale $90,000–$390,000

Sr. Manager, Technical Marketing & Applications (DC-DC Power Modules) Power the World · San Jose $220,000–$270,000 7d ago Senior Cloud Marketing Manager NetApp · San Jose $170,000–$200,000 11d ago Marketing & Events Coordinator Anatomage, Inc. · San Jose $70,304–$80,000 2w ago Multi-Platform Marketing Specialist, Telemundo Area de la Bahia 48 NBCUniversal · San Jose $70,000–$85,000 2w ago Sr. Marketing Manager Super Micro Computer · San Jose $130,000–$160,000 4w ago Senior Technical Marketing Manager onsemi · San Jose $151,455–$272,550 6w ago Senior Technical Marketing Manager onsemi · San Jose $151,455–$272,550 7w ago Tensilica Platform Marketing Cadence · San Jose $203,000–$377,000 5mo ago Technical Marketing Manager, Data & AI Platforms Acceldata · Campbell $200,000–$250,000 5mo ago Sr. Manager, Technical Marketing & Applications Engineering Power the World · San Jose $180,000–$230,000 11mo ago Manager, Technical Marketing & Apps Eng (SSD) Power the World · San Jose $175,000–$215,000 1y ago RedNote Marketing Specialist Think Academy US · San Jose New $76,913–$202,669e 2d ago Technical Marketing Engineering Leader, Cisco Validated Cisco · San Jose New In listing 3d ago VP Sales & Marketing Mng · San Jose In listing 4d ago Director of Strategy, Adobe Marketing Organization Adobe · San Francisco In listing 9d ago Marketing Science Analyst Critical Mass · San Jose $76,913–$202,669e 10d ago GMC Brand & Corporate Marketing Intern Hewlett Packard Enterprise · San Jose Pay not stated 11d ago GMC Product & Solutions Marketing Intern Hewlett Packard Enterprise · San Jose Pay not stated 11d ago Manager, B2B Marketing Measurement & Effectiveness PayPal · New York In listing 2w ago Director, Marketing Finance Adobe · San Jose In listing 3w ago Wireline Vertical Marketing Specialist (Routing/Switching, Security) Altera · San Jose $76,913–$202,669e 3w ago Sr. Technical Marketing Architect - Industrial Automation Lattice · San Jose $178,175–$228,000e 3w ago Sr. Director, Humanoid / Robotics Strategic Marketing Lattice · San Jose $206,000–$239,000e 3w ago Summer 2027 Internship - Downstream Marketing - California Stryker · San Jose Pay not stated 5w ago Intern - Corporate Marketing Storytelling Micron · San Jose Pay not stated 6w ago Intern - CDBU Marketing Micron · San Jose Pay not stated 6w ago Wireline Marketing Manager (Routing/Switching, Security) Altera · San Jose $76,913–$202,669e 8w ago Director of Product and Solutions Marketing, Campus and Branch Hewlett Packard Enterprise · San Jose In listing 2mo ago Part-Time Events Assistant / Marketing Helper Think Academy US · San Jose $60,000–$94,000e 7mo ago

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