Highest-paying Cities for Marketing Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for marketing managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of marketing managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $212,380, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for marketing managers. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $197,230). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of marketing managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Marketing Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$212,380	$124,760	7,350
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$197,230	$107,600	13,830
3	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$183,640	$57,630	130
4	Dover, Delaware	$178,290	$80,680	30
5	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$174,810	$105,320	4,480
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$174,120	$105,640	38,890
7	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$171,800	$107,200	920
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$168,450	$97,050	12,570
9	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$167,780	$116,190	240
10	Boulder, Colorado	$167,210	$102,500	690
11	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$166,920	$103,080	6,290
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$166,860	$98,970	2,510
13	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$166,320	$65,500	40
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$166,140	$105,100	4,350
15	Greeley, Colorado	$165,280	$100,180	90
16	Winchester, West Virginia	$165,090	$74,940	50
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$165,050	$82,780	430
18	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$163,700	$94,020	11,820
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$163,560	$84,560	4,100
20	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$163,330	$94,170	6,590
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$163,200	$102,100	7,390
22	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$162,050	$83,100	870
23	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$160,890	$98,420	50
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$159,340	$93,190	4,170
25	Bay City, Michigan	$157,920	$61,710	40
26	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$157,550	$94,170	380
27	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$157,420	$69,990	6,910
28	Wilmington, New Jersey	$157,150	$109,940	570
29	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$156,730	$86,600	60
30	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$156,080	$84,790	50
31	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$153,960	$90,020	2,770
32	Monroe, Michigan	$153,890	$103,050	40
33	Worcester, Massachusetts	$153,850	$82,610	630
34	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$153,330	$91,420	3,260
35	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$151,650	$73,210	550
36	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$150,650	$79,560	1,260
37	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$150,140	$86,350	1,440
38	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$149,910	$86,100	4,740
39	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$149,760	$78,050	40
40	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$149,440	$59,140	60
41	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$147,880	$83,770	700
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$147,580	$83,840	20,120
43	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$146,730	$76,980	970
44	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$145,540	$73,920	290
45	Napa, California	$145,320	$82,060	130
46	Danbury, Connecticut	$145,080	$79,900	230
47	Stockton, California	$144,960	$78,440	240
48	Charlottesville, Virginia	$144,800	$97,040	140
49	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$143,860	$73,560	140
50	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$143,150	$72,990	7,140
51	Rochester, New York	$142,540	$80,800	830
52	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$142,460	$82,020	380
53	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$142,350	$76,370	1,020
54	Framingham, Massachusetts	$142,350	$81,590	830
55	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$142,290	$76,140	70
56	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$142,250	$74,760	110
57	Modesto, California	$142,200	$76,760	150
58	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$141,510	$77,880	1,680
59	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$141,510	$79,650	90
60	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$141,350	$79,070	8,960
61	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$141,240	$84,870	1,390
62	Longview, Washington	$140,920	$97,670	30
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$140,610	$67,260	6,720
64	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$139,710	$82,250	640
65	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$139,480	$55,490	120
66	Richmond, Virginia	$139,290	$81,100	820
67	Manchester, New Hampshire	$139,170	$73,120	240
68	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$138,850	$68,950	80
69	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$138,770	$73,680	160
70	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$138,670	$75,920	280
71	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$138,520	$67,350	140
72	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$138,470	$73,900	150
73	Nashua, New Hampshire	$138,410	$86,050	280
74	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$138,320	$80,230	620
75	Lynchburg, Virginia	$138,210	$72,010	70
76	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$138,210	$81,170	50
77	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$138,100	$56,730	n/a
78	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$137,730	$81,660	160
79	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$137,650	$72,100	140
80	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$137,570	$70,910	3,600
81	St Joseph, Missouri	$137,200	$105,700	50
82	Midland, Michigan	$137,130	$64,400	60
83	Binghamton, New York	$136,920	$69,370	110
84	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$136,650	$91,530	50
85	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$136,580	$76,420	60
86	Merced, California	$136,300	$83,920	60
87	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$136,280	$71,600	60
88	New Haven, Connecticut	$135,910	$77,790	740
89	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$135,790	$68,370	220
90	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$135,780	$75,020	1,820
91	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$135,720	$78,730	2,210
92	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$135,560	$80,090	760
93	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$135,450	$77,620	2,260
94	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$135,040	$76,390	200
95	Odessa, Texas	$134,580	$68,970	60
96	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$134,420	$69,380	10,410
97	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$134,290	$72,420	2,480
98	Jacksonville, Florida	$134,260	$71,000	1,030
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$134,150	$81,600	3,430
100	Syracuse, New York	$133,930	$81,730	490

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for marketing managers.