Marketing Manager salary

43 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Aug 11, 2026

Live marketing manager jobs Atlanta Austin Berlin Boston Chicago Denver Irvine London Los Angeles Mountain View New York Palo Alto San Francisco San Mateo Seattle Sunnyvale Toronto Vancouver Washington Remote

These figures come from 473 marketing manager postings where the employer stated pay, covering 16 cities. The single best-evidenced figure is New York at mid-level, where 107 postings put the middle half between $115,000 and $150,000, with a median of $135,000.

Pay rises with seniority. Typical figures run mid-level around $137,000 and senior around $170,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 24% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 16 of the 25 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.

Marketing Manager pay by specialization

Product Marketing 297Event Marketing 103General Marketing 97Growth Marketing 73Email Marketing 44Performance Marketing 32Affiliate Marketing 26Digital Marketing 24Content Marketing 21Customer Marketing 14Influencer Marketing 8Brand Marketing 7Account-Based Marketing 5Retention Marketing 3Retail Marketing 3Demand Generation 3Social Media 2Employer Branding 1Programmatic 1Trade Marketing 1Ecommerce Marketing 1

Live marketing manager roles by marketing function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

43 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$107,217 – $150,000	$127,500	595
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$95,000 – CA$120,000	CA$103,500	57
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£55,000 – £73,750	£60,000	19
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€50,500 – €65,000	€62,500	11
Spain · country-wide	Mid	€53,000 – €65,000	€53,000	5
United States · country-wide	Senior	$140,000 – $180,000	$162,500	359
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$125,547 – CA$141,675	CA$137,706	20
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£75,000 – £100,000	£87,500	9
Remote · United States	Mid	$102,500 – $136,825	$121,200	140
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$99,000 – CA$128,750	CA$106,000	19
Remote · United States	Senior	$139,899 – $176,575	$160,000	116
Remote · Canada	Senior	CA$124,445 – CA$139,500	CA$137,756	6
Anaheim	Mid	$77,500 – $78,000	$77,500	7
Atlanta	Mid	$106,000 – $140,625	$122,352	5
Austin	Mid	$73,204 – $138,975	$110,000	7
Austin	Senior	$132,375 – $178,000	$162,000	10
Berlin	Mid	€60,000 – €65,000	€63,500	5
Boston	Mid	$105,000 – $126,383	$115,500	17
Boston	Senior	$136,000 – $195,500	$159,000	6
Chicago	Mid	$102,488 – $147,875	$140,000	14
Denver	Mid	$104,500 – $138,411	$116,500	7
Denver	Senior	$150,000 – $168,500	$166,000	9
Irvine	Mid	$93,750 – $126,824	$118,950	8
London	Mid	£57,500 – £91,640	£66,875	12
London	Senior	£81,250 – £107,793	£95,250	8
Los Angeles	Mid	$82,500 – $110,000	$99,250	12
Los Angeles	Senior	$124,950 – $145,000	$128,750	5
Mountain View	Senior	$175,681 – $204,611	$179,334	6
New York	Mid	$115,000 – $150,000	$135,000	107
New York	Senior	$159,000 – $190,000	$175,000	65
Palo Alto	Mid	$144,500 – $181,063	$155,000	7
Palo Alto	Senior	$163,750 – $196,800	$170,500	10
San Francisco	Mid	$140,000 – $182,500	$152,500	91
San Francisco	Senior	$165,000 – $198,750	$172,500	42
San Mateo	Mid	$163,250 – $228,940	$187,500	6
San Mateo	Senior	$160,000 – $196,305	$167,500	5
Seattle	Mid	$125,000 – $145,000	$132,500	9
Seattle	Senior	$147,465 – $155,000	$154,250	5
Sunnyvale	Mid	$149,500 – $176,500	$175,000	5
Toronto	Mid	CA$89,500 – CA$111,200	CA$100,000	19
Toronto	Senior	CA$127,350 – CA$153,349	CA$140,000	11
Vancouver	Mid	CA$120,000 – CA$141,250	CA$120,000	10
Washington	Mid	$100,319 – $139,700	$129,750	8

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.

Marketing Manager vs adjacent roles

8 measured comparisons

Compared role	Level	Marketing Manager	Them	Gap	Sample
Product Marketing Manager	Senior · US	$162,500	$175,000	similar pay	359 / 183
Product Marketing Manager	Mid · US	$127,500	$147,000	-13%	595 / 179
Marketing Lead	Senior · US	$162,500	$175,000	similar pay	359 / 117
Marketing Specialist	Mid · US	$127,500	$82,500	+55%	595 / 104
Communications Manager	Mid · US	$127,500	$123,460	similar pay	595 / 68
Community Manager	Mid · US	$127,500	$84,625	+51%	595 / 62
Growth Marketing Manager	Mid · US	$127,500	$132,000	similar pay	595 / 56
Social Media Manager	Mid · US	$127,500	$107,188	+19%	595 / 54

Median vs median at the same level and country, employer-stated pay, 20+ postings on each side. Positive means marketing manager pays more. Medians within 10% show as similar pay.

Marketing Manager pay by specialization

Every measured range

Marketing Manager vs adjacent roles

Open marketing manager roles · 696 with stated pay