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Marketing Operations Specialist Career Market Report 2026

402 active jobs. 259 companies. Median salary $120K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

402
Active Job Openings
259
Companies Hiring
$120K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Marketing Operations Specialist 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: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $120K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $81K to $208K.

Remote roles pay 17% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 51%

AI/LLM demand rose +14.4pp — fastest-growing skill

operatorequity leads hiring with 7 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$49K, +59%)

Salary increase: +$49K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 51% 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
Manager50$85K$135K$215K
Director9$110K$175K$275K
Mid-Level7$8K$65K$152K
Senior5$71K$83K$121K
Lead4$132K$132K$208K
Junior3$50K$52K$84K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$49K (59%) — 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 States48$132KUSD
Remote12$109KUSD
Canada4$84KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.0%
Remote20.6%
Hybrid4.2%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
51%
Marketing Automation
34%
Email Marketing
32%
Project Management
27%
SQL
15%
Data Analysis
12%
HTML/CSS
7%
Google Analytics
7%
Go
5%
Adobe Creative Suite
5%
A/B Testing
5%
Lead Generation
4%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+14.4ppEmail Marketing ↑+11.8ppMarketing Automation ↑+10.2ppProject Management ↑+9.6ppGoogle Analytics ↑+6.8pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-37.7ppSalesforce ↓-29.1ppQuality Assurance ↓-12.3ppAttention to Detail ↓-10.8ppExcel ↓-10.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
operatorequity71.7%
Brex61.5%
Heinz51.2%
Amazon41.0%
Asana41.0%
marrinadecisions41.0%
Caseware30.7%
Netflix30.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States111
Remote43
India21
Canada14
United Kingdom10
Germany7
Philippines6
Spain5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.9%167
Master's Degree13.2%41
Bachelor's Degree7.1%22
PhD / Doctorate0.3%1

Certifications

CMA (3%)Certified Scrum Master (1%)MBA (1%)

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