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Social Media Manager salary

12 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 31, 2026

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The best-evidenced figure here is for social media manager roles at mid level across the United States: 120 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $85,000 and $125,000, with a median of $101,250.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $101,250 and senior $130,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 28% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 6 of the 12 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Social Media Manager pay by specialization

Social Media 263Paid Social 6Digital Marketing 1Content Marketing 1Influencer Marketing 1Growth Marketing 1

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

Every measured range

12 by market and level
MarketLevelMarket rangeMedianSample
United States · country-wide Mid $85,000 – $125,000 $101,250 120
United Kingdom · country-wide Mid £35,500 – £47,500 £42,500 9hint
Canada · country-wide Mid CA$75,500 – CA$92,125 CA$89,375 8hint
United States · country-wide Senior $105,000 – $156,000 $130,000 21
Remote · United States Mid $90,000 – $110,938 $100,000 23
Remote · United States Senior $125,000 – $144,000 $130,000 9hint
Chicago Mid $77,500 – $92,500 $81,975 5hint
London Mid £35,500 – £46,250 £39,000 6hint
Los Angeles Mid $77,375 – $98,625 $86,250 10
New York Mid $86,500 – $136,250 $109,500 31
New York Senior $97,500 – $148,363 $103,500 5hint
San Francisco Mid $125,000 – $182,500 $140,000 13

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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Social Media Manager vs adjacent roles

7 measured comparisons
Compared roleLevelSocial Media ManagerThemGapSample
Marketing ManagerMid · US$101,250$125,000-19%120 / 1,222
Community ManagerMid · US$101,250$88,255+15%120 / 118
Digital Marketing ManagerMid · US$101,250$106,800similar pay120 / 49
Content Marketing ManagerMid · US$101,250$115,000-12%120 / 43
Community ManagerSenior · US$130,000$107,600+21%21 / 30
Marketing ManagerSenior · US$130,000$160,000-19%21 / 739
Content Marketing ManagerSenior · US$130,000$143,500similar pay21 / 24

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

Open social media manager roles · 85 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $80,000–$150,000scale $40,000–$210,000

Social Media Manager, Reddit Jerry.ai · Remote · US New $80,000–$120,000 1d ago Social Media Manager - Full time Four Seasons · Four Seasons Maui $95,000–$110,000 4d ago Social Media Manager Jci (JCI Confidential) · Glendale-Wisconsin-United States of America $135,000–$150,000 4d ago Social Media Manager, Platform Digital Media Management · Remote · US $52,000–$62,000 5d ago Digital Content and Social Media Manager CHAOS Industries · Washington $100,000–$140,000 6d ago Social Media Manager LEAP Legal Software · Toronto CA$85,000–CA$100,000 6d ago Social Media Manager tmp · Remote · US $65,000–$70,000 6d ago Social Media Manager, Dental Henryschein · Remote · US $114,000–$179,000 7d ago Social Media Sr. Manager Blueorigin · Space Coast $134,434–$188,207 8d ago Senior Social Media Manager Glean · Mountain View $172,000–$198,000 8d ago Social Media Manager Stanley 1913 · Seattle $95,000–$110,000 11d ago Social Media Manager visitseattle · Seattle $82,000–$110,000 11d ago Social Media Manager BMO · Toronto CA$55,500–CA$120,000 12d ago Social Media Manager Nestlé · Crawley £38,000–£42,000 12d ago Social Media Manager, NT Live NinjaTrader · Remote · US $85,000–$100,000 12d ago Social Media Manager, NT Tech NinjaTrader · Chicago $85,000–$100,000 12d ago Social Media Manager Wix · New York $110,000–$130,000 12d ago Social Media Manager Zendesk · Remote · US $99,000–$149,000 12d ago Senior Social Media Manager Bigcommerce · Remote · US $110,000–$150,000 13d ago Social Media Manager, Beckett Collectors · Plano $69,820–$90,356 13d ago Social Media Manager, X PragerU · Los Angeles $75,000–$95,000 13d ago Social Media Manager Digital Media Management · Remote · US $52,000–$62,000 2w ago Social Media Manager. Digital Media Management · Remote · US $52,000–$62,000 2w ago Social Media Manager - Permanent Iagvme · Cambridgeshire £53,303 2w ago Social Media Manager OLIVER Agency - North America · New York $80,750–$90,250 2w ago Global Social Media Manager Abbott · Alameda $114,000–$228,000 2w ago Social Media Manager Cancerresearchuk · Stratford £43,000–£47,000 2w ago Senior Social Media Manager Cancerresearchuk · Stratford £48,000–£51,000 2w ago Social Media Manager, Women’s Lifestyle Eevd · London £40,000–£45,000 2w ago Social Media Manager Pillsbury · New York $120,000–$150,000 3w ago Social Media Manager/Content (Football) Teamwass · Los Angeles $71,000–$82,000 3w ago Paid Social Media Manager Whalar Group · New York $75,000–$100,000 3w ago Senior Staff Social Media Manager Bostondynamics · Waltham Office $120,000–$145,000 3w ago Social Media Manager Motorolasolutions · Chicago $110,000–$115,000 3w ago Regional Marketing and Social Media Manager, Quebec Canadiantirecorporation · Laval CA$79,000–CA$105,000 3w ago Social Media Manager - Pickleball TV Edyy · Santa Monica $80,000–$90,000 3w ago Associate Social Media Manager GT'S Living Foods · Los Angeles $80,000–$95,000 3w ago Social Media Manager Rothy's · San Francisco $120,000–$145,000 3w ago Corporate Social Media Manager Pacifichospitality · Busch Group – Irvine, CA $105,000 3w ago Social Media Manager Tower 28 Beauty · Los Angeles $90,000–$115,000 3w ago Social Media Manager vCluster Labs · Remote · US $105,000–$125,000 3w ago Social Media Manager Filson · Seattle $80,168–$86,000 4w ago Social Media Manager Hercules · San Francisco $100,000–$200,000 4w ago Social Media Manager LA Clippers · Inglewood $90,000–$105,000 4w ago French Speaking Social Media Manager ALPADIA Language Schools SA · London £45,000–£50,000 4w ago Social Media Manager (Austin, TX - In Office) selfpublishing.com · West Lake Hills $40,000–$60,000 4w ago Senior Social Media Manager Imprint · New York $150,000–$200,000 5w ago Social Media Manager / Content Strategist 321theagency · Orlando $60,000–$75,000 5w ago Senior Content Marketing & Social Media Manager Hatch · Remote · US $108,000–$180,000 5w ago Social Media Manager Terumo Americas · Somerset $97,300–$136,510 6w ago Social Media Manager Amplitude · San Francisco $167,000–$251,000 6w ago Senior Social Media Manager - AWON Movers+Shakers · United States $95,000–$110,000 6w ago Senior Social Media Manager, Developer Community Snowflake · Menlo Park $145,000–$190,000 6w ago Senior Social Media Manager (B2B) Movers+Shakers · LA / NYC $95,000–$110,000 7w ago Social Media Manager (Cosori) Vesync · Tustin $90,000 7w ago Senior Social Media Manager Juniper Square · Remote · US $108,000–$170,000 7w ago Social Media Manager (HallPass) David Protein · New York $115,000–$125,000 7w ago Social Media Manager - Remote Reedsy · Remote · UK €40,000–€55,000 7w ago Founding Social Media Manager Paraform · San Francisco $175,000–$190,000 7w ago Social Media Manager Ripple · New York $132,000–$165,000 7w ago

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