Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Social Media Manager: $133K median posted pay.
From 27 salary bands employers posted on 66 open social media manager roles in marketing. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 8 | — (5 of 8 bands) | — |
| Management | 2 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
| Junior | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Principal | 1 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Air Apps | 11 | — |
| We Are Social | 2 | — |
| The Boutique COO | 2 | — |
| Dentsuaegis | 2 | — |
| Digital | 1 | — |
| Ahrefs | 1 | — |
| Bobyard | 1 | — |
| nord-security | 1 | — |
| Viktor | 1 | — |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open social media manager roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Management | 29 | — |
| Copywriting | 15 | — |
| Content Design | 12 | — |
| Product Marketing | 11 | — |
| Childcare | 11 | — |
| Project Management | 10 | — |
| Public Relations | 10 | — |
| Community Outreach | 10 | — |
| Video Marketing | 8 | — |
| Videography | 7 | — |
Where the work is
32% of these roles are remote.
- Remote32%21 roles
- Hybrid12%8 roles
- On site48%32 roles
- Not stated8%5 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 66 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 27 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Social Media Manager (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in marketing, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.