2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Marketing Managers

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 11,940.

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

Where you sit in the distribution

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$213,910 · 50th
$131,13010th
$169,07025th
$213,91050th
$269,30075th
$312,91090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$213,910 in Boston buys what $197,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Fig. 2 — The ladder

What comes next

Median offered base pay by seniority for Marketing Managers in Boston, classified from job titles on visa filings.

Mid
$140,000
Senior
$168,350
Lead
$210,000
Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Boston
Boston This page$213,910$197,600108.3
Worcester$199,280$194,400102.5−1.6%
Springfield$181,070$188,50096.1−4.6%
Pittsfield$171,620$180,50095.1−8.7%
Amherst Town$161,020$160,600100.2−18.7%
Barnstable Town$157,490$160,10098.4−19.0%

Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Career ladder
Seniority classified from job titles on the same visa filings; levels shown only with five or more filings each and a strictly rising progression.
Employment
11,940 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 11-2021, Marketing Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as marketing-managers.

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