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SEO Specialist Career Market Report 2026

1,133 active jobs. 633 companies. Median salary $84K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,133
Active Job Openings
633
Companies Hiring
$84K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The SEO 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: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $84K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $67K to $146K.

Remote roles pay 28% 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.

SEO is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +4.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Jobgether leads hiring with 56 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$30K, +30%)

Salary increase: +$30K · Sample: Manager → Director

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

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 31% 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
Manager22$84K$100K$146K
Senior8$60K$65K$120K
Director7$100K$130K$183K
Junior4$67K$67K$70K
Mid-Level3$80K$80K$87K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$30K (30%) — 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 States20$112KUSD
Remote15$80KUSD
United Kingdom3$70KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.0%
Remote26.8%
Hybrid1.7%

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

Top Skills in Demand

SEO
100%
AI/LLM
31%
Google Analytics
23%
Content Marketing
17%
HTML/CSS
12%
JavaScript
8%
Project Management
7%
SEM
6%
Data Analysis
6%
Adobe Creative Suite
5%
Editing
4%
Copywriting
4%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+4.9pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-21.6ppExcel ↓-10.1ppAttention to Detail ↓-8.6ppAI/LLM ↓-4.5ppQuality Assurance ↓-3.8pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Jobgether564.9%
Nogigiddy232.0%
Wppmedia181.6%
Autodoc151.3%
poweredbysearch151.3%
Feverup111.0%
Mediabrands100.9%
Airapps100.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States136
Remote61
Philippines42
India36
United Kingdom30
Canada17
South Africa16
Netherlands13

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree26.3%233
Master's Degree17.5%155
Bachelor's Degree3.5%31
PhD / Doctorate0.1%1
MBA0.1%1

Certifications

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

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