Real salary data
What Marketing Managers actually earn in 2026.
The median for Marketing Manager is $170,000 across 4547 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Aug 10, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 4547 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $133,600–$210,000 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B visa filings | 4,547 | $133,600 | $170,000 | $210,000 |
| Tech job postings | 22 | $177,625 | $199,750 | $233,000 |
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
- Tech/startup job postings with published salary bands (Ashby ATS)
Salary data updated Aug 10, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By city
What Marketing Managers earn, by city.
Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.
| City | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 787 | $157,040 – $229,062 | $188,437 |
| San Francisco, CA | 274 | $173,767 – $230,000 | $198,600 |
| Seattle, WA | 190 | $140,000 – $188,500 | $168,150 |
| San Jose, CA | 156 | $174,691 – $264,250 | $209,642 |
| Bellevue, WA | 148 | $150,875 – $240,000 | $187,312 |
| Austin, TX | 112 | $125,403 – $190,634 | $154,090 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 106 | $115,625 – $206,912 | $158,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 99 | $126,086 – $187,352 | $160,000 |
| Miami, FL | 97 | $110,400 – $200,000 | $152,110 |
| Brooklyn, NY | 87 | $142,513 – $206,394 | $166,320 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 83 | $190,445 – $244,053 | $214,773 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 54 | $187,866 – $262,800 | $224,532 |
03 / By state
What Marketing Managers earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,365 | $147,050 – $230,899 | $190,000 |
| NY | 942 | $155,418 – $223,326 | $181,798 |
| TX | 390 | $110,000 – $183,482 | $145,000 |
| WA | 378 | $140,075 – $212,267 | $178,485 |
| FL | 206 | $100,220 – $185,000 | $125,975 |
| IL | 183 | $115,482 – $184,600 | $150,000 |
| NJ | 173 | $155,418 – $200,000 | $173,000 |
| MA | 163 | $130,874 – $203,500 | $160,930 |
| GA | 97 | $115,259 – $180,250 | $143,640 |
| NC | 51 | $134,486 – $188,132 | $160,000 |
| PA | 50 | $115,625 – $196,154 | $136,163 |
| TN | 50 | $122,656 – $166,710 | $145,808 |
04 / Context
How Marketing Managers pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Office Clerk | High | $44,190 | -6.7% (2024–34) |
| HR Specialist | Medium | $75,000 | +6.2% (2024–34) |
| Journalist | Medium | $68,700 | -3.9% (2024–34) |
| Market Research Analyst | High | $80,700 | +6.7% (2024–34) |
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06 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Marketing Manager in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.