Which pays more, Brand Manager or Marketing Manager?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Brand Manager vs Marketing Manager

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 2.1% apart. There is 1.7× more demand for Marketing Manager. Listings for Marketing Manager move faster — median age 45 days against 68.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Brand Manager	Marketing Manager	Gap
Open postings	19,022	32,417	-13,395
Posted this week	881	1,839
Median salary	$99,500	$97,500	+$2k
25th percentile	$78.5k	$77k
75th percentile	$124k	$121k
Salary disclosed	3.1%	2.5%
Remote share	5.3%	6.3%	-1.0pp
Median age of posting	68d	45d
Open over 60 days	46.1%	44.8%
Visa sponsorship	22.4%	23.0%

Pay

Pay distribution

Brand Manager

$45k$172k

Marketing Manager

$44k$169k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Brand Manager

just posted68d median90d+

Marketing Manager

just posted45d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Brand Manager — technologies

Kubernetes

72.0%

dbt

65.8%

Java

59.6%

Swift

53.4%

47.2%

Docker

41.0%

Kotlin

34.8%

Marketing Manager — technologies

Node.js

72.0%

Kubernetes

65.8%

HubSpot

59.6%

Airflow

53.4%

Snowflake

47.2%

TypeScript

41.0%

GCP

34.8%

Brand Manager — employers

Beacon Robotics

9.4%

Rivergate Media

8.7%

Vantage Logistics

8.0%

Lakeshore Hospitality

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

Marketing Manager — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing

9.4%

Vantage Logistics

8.7%

Rivergate Media

8.0%

Northwind Systems

7.2%

Fairmount Legal

6.5%

Cobalt Financial

5.8%

Quarry Analytics

5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.