Which pays more, Growth Marketing Manager or Social Media 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

Growth Marketing Manager vs Social Media Manager

Growth Marketing Manager pays more: a median of $93,500 against $89,000. There is 1.8× more demand for Social Media Manager. Listings for Social Media Manager move faster — median age 33 days against 39.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Growth Marketing Manager	Social Media Manager	Gap
Open postings	10,476	19,173	-8,697
Posted this week	668	1,714
Median salary	$93,500	$89,000	+$4.5k
25th percentile	$74k	$70.5k
75th percentile	$116k	$111k
Salary disclosed	4.3%	3.8%
Remote share	3.7%	7.7%	-4.0pp
Median age of posting	39d	33d
Open over 60 days	32.6%	34.7%
Visa sponsorship	16.6%	8.7%

Pay

Pay distribution

Growth Marketing Manager

$42k$162k

Social Media Manager

$40k$154k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Growth Marketing Manager

just posted39d median90d+

Social Media Manager

just posted33d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Growth Marketing Manager — technologies

Figma

72.0%

Kubernetes

65.8%

Kotlin

59.6%

HubSpot

53.4%

dbt

47.2%

Node.js

41.0%

34.8%

Social Media Manager — technologies

SQL

72.0%

Kotlin

65.8%

Kubernetes

59.6%

TypeScript

53.4%

Terraform

47.2%

GCP

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Growth Marketing Manager — employers

Solstice Biotech

9.4%

Umbra Security

8.7%

Meridian Software

8.0%

Rivergate Media

7.2%

Quarry Analytics

6.5%

Northwind Systems

5.8%

Pinewood Education

5.1%

Social Media Manager — employers

Halcyon Energy

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Lakeshore Hospitality

8.0%

Fairmount Legal

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Aperture Labs

5.8%

Kestrel Health

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%.