Marketing Manager vs SEO

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

Marketing Manager pays about 49% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Marketing Manager SEO
$145.5k
$97.5k
$31.8k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $227.3k

Marketing Manager

$145,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +3.9%
$140,000 $145,500
$115k 25th
$145.5k Median
$175k 75th
$85.3k
$213.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
43%
Live roles
3,641
Browse roles Set alert

SEO

$97,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -2.5%
$100,000 $97,500
$75k 25th
$97.5k Median
$141k 75th
$45.3k
$163.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $12.7k – $3,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
28.3%
Live roles
219
Browse roles Set alert

Highest-paying jobs

Ruby Labs

Performance Marketing Lead (Social Media Ads)

Ruby Labs · Serbia

$5,000,000 – $5,000,000
VE

Performance Marketing Manager

Vercel · Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin

$1,000,000 – $5,000,000 Hometap

Senior Manager, Search Marketing

Hometap · Boston (Remote)

$5,000,000 – $5,000,000 Ruby Labs

Performance Marketing Lead (Google & Microsoft Ads)

Ruby Labs · Ukraine

$5,000,000 – $5,000,000 Pariveda

Digital Marketing Manager

Pariveda · Dallas

$1,390,800 – $1,671,600 Jobscan

Senior Performance Marketing Manager - Latin America

Jobscan · Remote - Brazil

$1,200,000 – $1,200,000 Jobscan

Senior Performance Marketing Manager - SEA

Jobscan · Remote - Singapore

$1,200,000 – $1,200,000 Jobscan

Senior Performance Marketing Manager - Australia

Jobscan · Sydney

$1,200,000 – $1,200,000 Jobscan

Senior Performance Marketing Manager - Taiwan

Jobscan · Taipei, Taiwan

$1,200,000 – $1,200,000 Jobscan

Senior Performance Marketing Manager

Jobscan · Remote - USA

$1,200,000 – $1,200,000

Highest-paying jobs

Pair Eyewear, Inc.

Paid Search/SEO Manager

Pair Eyewear, Inc. · Remote (US)

$3,000,000 – $3,000,000 Veeam Software

Manager, SEO AEO

Veeam Software · Remote, United States

$177,000 – $328,700 CarGurus

Software Engineering Manager, SEO & Content

CarGurus · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

$186,000 – $233,000 Sierra

SEO Manager

Sierra · San Francisco, CA

$170,000 – $200,000 Suno

Sr. SEO & AEO Manager (Search Engine Optimization)

Suno · NYC

$140,000 – $190,000 Firecrawl

SEO Specialist

Firecrawl · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote (Americas, UTC-3 to UTC-10)

$135,000 – $180,000 Postman

SEO Manager

Postman · New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States

$161,500 – $180,000 Coursera Sourcing

Senior SEO Manager

Coursera Sourcing · United States

$138,800 – $173,500 Harper

SEO/GEO Manager

Harper · San Francisco

$130,000 – $170,000 Airwallex

Manager, Technical SEO Marketing

Airwallex · US - San Francisco

$110,000 – $170,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Launch Potato $135,000 18
Brex $151,533 16
Airwallex $174,000 15
DoorDash USA $176,400 14
Socure $192,500 12
Verkada $158,750 12
Lyft $144,000 10
Air Apps $59,364 10

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Air Apps $47,142 9
Kepler Group $100,000 2
Omnicom Media $72,500 2
JobRack $46,436 2
Hire Hangar $21,600 2
Remotely $16,282 2
Pair Eyewear, Inc. $3,000,000 1
Veeam Software $252,850 1

Marketing Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $190,134 4
San Francisco $174,500 321
Dublin $162,015 4
New York $152,750 402
Seattle $151,533 55
Denver $150,000 33
Boston $148,125 56
Atlanta $146,075 28
Austin $144,000 53
Chicago $139,472 58

SEO salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $151,000 7
New York $102,500 11

Marketing Manager vs SEO: which pays more?

The median for Marketing Manager is $145,500 per year (typically $115,000–$175,000), versus $97,500 for SEO ($75,000–$141,000). That puts Marketing Manager about 49% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Marketing Manager and SEO are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.

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