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Marketing Managers

United States. Estimated employment 395,240, with pages for 31 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2021
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$166,790 · 50th
$90,26010th
$123,02025th
$166,79050th
$216,41075th
$293,61090th

That is the medianhalf of marketing managers in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Marketing Managers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$231,3707,300
San Francisco, CA$220,48011,170
Boston, MA$213,91011,940
Worcester, MA$199,280590
New York, NY$192,84054,730
Springfield, MA$181,070290
San Diego, CA$174,8403,790
Los Angeles, CA$171,90018,550
Santa Maria, CA$170,920340
Oxnard, CA$169,540620
Santa Cruz, CA$168,980150
Chicago, IL$165,34017,400
Austin, TX$164,9207,170
Sacramento, CA$164,2701,610
Amherst Town, MA$161,020110
Kiryas Joel, NY$156,780500
Dallas, TX$155,46016,320
Peoria, IL$155,400480
Syracuse, NY$155,360660
Glens Falls, NY$154,960100
Albany, NY$153,5801,050
Houston, TX$153,0308,930
Binghamton, NY$150,020150
Midland, TX$149,510290
Rochester, NY$149,4401,470
Springfield, IL$141,530160
Sherman, TX$139,040110
San Antonio, TX$131,8002,900
Tyler, TX$130,200160
Rockford, IL$124,440170
Champaign, IL$106,340190
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
395,240 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 11-2021, Marketing Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as marketing-managers.

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