Side by side

Marketing Manager vs Social Media Manager

Marketing Manager pays more: a median of $97,500 against $89,000. There is 1.7× more demand for Marketing Manager. Listings for Social Media Manager move faster — median age 33 days against 45.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMarketing ManagerSocial Media ManagerGap
Open postings32,41719,173+13,244
Posted this week1,8391,714
Median salary$97,500$89,000+$8.5k
25th percentile$77k$70.5k
75th percentile$121k$111k
Salary disclosed2.5%3.8%
Remote share6.3%7.7%-1.4pp
Median age of posting45d33d
Open over 60 days44.8%34.7%
Visa sponsorship23.0%8.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Marketing Manager

$44k$169k

Social Media Manager

$40k$154k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Marketing Manager

just posted45d median90d+

Social Media Manager

just posted33d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

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%

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%

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%

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%.