NextChapter

Head of Marketing salary: median $200,500 a year

Head of Marketing listings that state pay run from $182,500 to $238,500 for the middle half, based on 47 current job listings. 116 head of marketing roles are open now.

Head of Marketing pay range

From 47 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$182,500
Median
$200,500
Upper quarter
$238,500

Do AI skills change head of marketing pay?

For Marketing roles in general, as of November 11, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for head of marketing alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Marketing listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +16.7% (about $24.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$172,000
median, from 844 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$139,500
median, from 700 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Marketing pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Head of Marketing salary by state

States with at least 8 listings that state pay.

Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.

Open head of marketing jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

Showing the newest 15 of about 116 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs

All 116 head of marketing jobs

Marketing jobs in the rankings

Rankings about marketing jobs

Marketing jobs · Top Marketing employers · All rankings

Send this to a friendLinkedInEmail

Related salaries

Head of Marketing salary questions

How much does a head of marketing make?
Among 47 open head of marketing listings that state pay, the median is $200,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $182,500 and $238,500.
Where does this head of marketing pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays head of marketings the most?
Of the states with enough listings, New York has the highest median listed pay at $250,000.

Head of Marketing is one of the ways chief marketing officer is written. The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) role page counts every spelling together: pay, best industries and states, skills and AI skills.

Applying and hearing nothing back?

Find out where you stand: your odds, the jobs that fit you and a plan for the week ahead. Free. No résumé needed.

Already a member? Log in

Get my Market Reality Assessment

Hiring head of marketing roles and not seeing the right people?

Leave your work email. We'll send how to reach people searching for head of marketing jobs.

See employer options