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Content Marketer Career Market Report 2026

1,017 active jobs. 556 companies. Median salary $85K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,017
Active Job Openings
556
Companies Hiring
$85K
Median Salary (US)
73%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Content Marketer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 73% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $85K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $69K to $158K.

Remote roles pay 48% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Content Marketing is the most-demanded skill at 59%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +15.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Nogigiddy leads hiring with 25 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$84K, +93%)

Salary increase: +$84K · Sample: Manager → Director

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 44% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager60$75K$91K$146K
Senior15$95K$100K$145K
Mid-Level10$23K$75K$229K
Junior9$64K$69K$145K
Lead7$120K$130K$175K
Director5$168K$175K$198K
Staff3$140K$146K$146K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$84K (93%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States66$85KUSD
Remote22$126KUSD
Canada3$83KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.4%
Remote24.9%
Hybrid2.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Content Marketing
59%
AI/LLM
44%
Editing
34%
SEO
29%
Adobe Creative Suite
15%
Project Management
14%
Copywriting
9%
Google Analytics
9%
Email Marketing
7%
Videography
6%
Figma
5%
Lead Generation
5%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+15.2ppAI/LLM ↑+14.0ppEditing ↑+10.6ppSEO ↑+8.0ppEmail Marketing ↑+7.4pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-18.2ppAttention to Detail ↓-9.9ppSalesforce ↓-5.4ppCustomer Success ↓-4.0ppAdaptability ↓-4.0pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Nogigiddy252.5%
Jobgether141.4%
Airapps101.0%
Townsquaremedia101.0%
Skelar80.8%
Vaynermedia80.8%
spiralyze80.8%
Dentsuaegis70.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States280
Remote89
United Kingdom45
India36
Canada26
Germany16
Philippines15
Poland10

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree49.0%363
Master's Degree21.1%156
Bachelor's Degree6.6%49
PhD / Doctorate0.4%3
MBA0.1%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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