Advertising and Promotions Managers salary

SOC 11-2011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$133,660

per year, nationally

Middle half

$91,370–$201,050

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

21,470

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-2.2%

2,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$63,300$286,240

10th: $63,300
25th: $91,370
Median: $133,660
75th: $201,050
90th: $286,240

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where advertising and promotions managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York	$173,700	107.9	3,550	2.66×
2	Illinois	$167,330	100.0	160	0.19×
3	California	$167,230	110.7	3,080	1.22×
4	New Jersey	$165,390	108.8	470	0.80×
5	Colorado	$164,990	103.1	180	0.46×
6	Washington	$163,380	107.0	530	1.08×
7	Massachusetts	$163,090	105.8	300	0.61×
8	Rhode Island	$157,890	102.3	60	0.86×
9	South Carolina	$156,300	93.7	—	—
10	Oregon	$154,490	103.4	430	1.59×
11	Kansas	$148,560	90.1	40	0.19×
12	Virginia	$148,400	101.1	180	0.31×
13	District of Columbia	$143,040	109.9	80	0.87×
14	Georgia	$133,810	96.3	420	0.63×
15	Montana	$131,770	94.6	—	—
16	Wisconsin	$131,530	94.1	110	0.28×
17	Connecticut	$129,280	103.6	240	1.02×
18	Minnesota	$126,920	98.6	110	0.27×
19	Pennsylvania	$122,940	97.6	1,540	1.83×
20	North Carolina	$121,730	94.3	—	—
21	New Hampshire	$120,530	104.2	50	0.51×
22	Indiana	$113,930	93.3	120	0.28×
23	Iowa	$108,890	87.8	210	0.99×
24	Maryland	$107,380	105.0	460	1.22×
25	Kentucky	$107,030	90.2	230	0.82×
26	Nebraska	$106,380	90.1	160	1.12×
27	Maine	$106,280	97.0	—	—
28	Texas	$104,170	97.1	3,670	1.89×
29	Ohio	$102,110	92.8	240	0.31×
30	Michigan	$101,610	96.2	220	0.37×
31	Tennessee	$98,170	91.9	—	—
32	Missouri	$81,520	90.8	—	—
33	Idaho	$80,680	95.5	60	0.55×
34	Louisiana	$78,810	88.2	120	0.47×
35	Arkansas	$74,880	86.9	140	0.78×
36	Mississippi	$66,520	87.0	100	0.63×
37	Alabama	$64,640	88.8	60	0.22×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where advertising and promotions managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for advertising and promotions managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$181,250	115.6	440	1.34×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$180,500	110.4	240	1.51×
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$174,390	112.6	3,630	2.77×
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$173,020	108.3	250	0.67×
5	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$170,000	101.0	40	0.78×
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$167,930	113.6	1,350	1.56×
7	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$166,390	103.6	160	0.25×
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$165,000	105.8	120	0.56×
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$163,380	111.1	—	—
10	Richmond, VA	$161,040	97.9	50	0.59×
11	Columbia, SC	$159,950	93.7	50	0.92×
12	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$157,890	101.8	60	0.63×
13	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$156,500	95.8	40	0.52×
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$154,490	105.4	330	1.99×
15	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$150,000	93.3	—	—
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$146,560	100.1	370	0.92×
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$146,510	102.6	660	1.65×
18	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$144,960	96.9	50	0.40×
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$143,450	106.9	110	2.04×
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$143,040	108.9	250	0.58×
21	Cleveland, OH	$137,970	93.9	40	0.31×
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$137,050	111.9	120	0.57×
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$132,050	104.8	90	0.34×
24	Columbus, OH	$131,050	95.5	40	0.27×
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$126,990	106.7	100	0.69×
26	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$125,180	97.3	120	0.64×
27	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$124,930	98.7	80	1.63×
28	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$123,360	98.1	570	3.17×
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$123,170	102.7	60	0.75×
30	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$122,750	95.4	90	0.58×
31	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$122,410	106.4	130	0.54×
32	Albuquerque, NM	$121,810	95.5	40	0.77×
33	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$121,730	98.2	80	0.83×
34	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$121,490	100.0	90	1.74×
35	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$118,490	101.6	40	1.78×
36	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$117,010	93.1	130	1.34×
37	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$116,200	95.7	50	0.32×
38	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$115,900	91.7	—	—
39	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$114,990	99.6	50	0.85×
40	Lancaster, PA	$114,670	98.3	40	1.23×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where advertising and promotions managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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