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Marketing Specialist Career Market Report 2026

763 active jobs. 436 companies. Median salary $70K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

763
Active Job Openings
436
Companies Hiring
$70K
Median Salary (US)
71%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Marketing 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: 71% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $70K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $57K to $125K.

Remote roles pay 12% 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.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 30%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +14.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Alphabeinsight leads hiring with 22 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Entry-Level → Junior (+$31K, +86%)

Salary increase: +$31K · Sample: Entry-Level → Junior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 30% 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
Junior24$60K$66K$125K
Senior20$69K$80K$89K
Mid-Level13$70K$75K$76K
Entry-Level5$35K$35K$37K

What jumps out

Entry-Level → Junior: +$31K (86%) — 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 States54$67KUSD
Remote8$75KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.5%
Remote17.6%
Hybrid3.3%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
30%
Project Management
27%
Email Marketing
16%
Adobe Creative Suite
14%
SEO
12%
Market Research
12%
Marketing Automation
12%
Editing
9%
Lead Generation
9%
Google Ads
8%
SEM
8%
Google Analytics
7%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+14.2ppSEM ↑+7.7ppGoogle Analytics ↑+7.2ppCopywriting ↑+7.0ppContent Marketing ↑+6.8pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-34.7ppExcel ↓-24.0ppSalesforce ↓-22.8ppAttention to Detail ↓-19.8ppLogistics ↓-12.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Alphabeinsight222.9%
Feverup111.4%
Medtronic91.2%
Jobsforhumanity91.2%
Jobgether81.0%
Gensler70.9%
Aveva60.8%
Cambly50.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States187
Remote42
Japan24
United Kingdom23
India22
Philippines19
Australia17
Germany16

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree44.3%240
Bachelor's Degree19.4%105
Master's Degree13.8%75
PhD / Doctorate0.6%3
MBA0.4%2

Certifications

CPA (2%)MBA (2%)

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