Media Specialist salary
3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 8, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for media specialist roles at mid level across the United States: 41 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $65,000 and $92,500, with a median of $75,000.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $75,000 and senior $91,250. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 22% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 3 ranges in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings and is marked hint: treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Media Specialist pay by specialization
Social Media 87Paid Media 42Paid Search / PPC 5Digital Marketing 3Paid Social 1SEO 1
Live media specialist roles by marketing function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
3 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $65,000 – $92,500 | $75,000 | 41 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $88,650 – $100,000 | $91,250 | 10 |
| New York | Mid | $73,500 – $108,900 | $75,000 | 5hint |
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 market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $60,000–$113,000scale $30,000–$160,000
60 of 139 open roles. All media specialist jobs