The highest-paying states for marketing managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of marketing managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $171,990, New York is the highest paying state for marketing managers. It is followed by Colorado (average annual salary $167,340). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of marketing managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $171,990 |
$103,220 | 21,550 |
| 2 | Colorado | $167,340 |
$92,760 | 3,800 |
| 3 | Virginia | $166,530 |
$93,110 | 5,150 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $162,610 |
$94,440 | 11,220 |
| 5 | California | $158,290 |
$83,670 | 40,900 |
| 6 | Washington | $154,630 |
$87,070 | 6,820 |
| 7 | Delaware | $153,550 |
$107,540 | 970 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $153,340 |
$89,240 | 2,320 |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $152,000 |
$86,400 | 720 |
| 10 | Arkansas | $145,140 |
$73,360 | 1,320 |
| 11 | Connecticut | $141,800 |
$85,090 | 5,680 |
| 12 | South Dakota | $139,360 |
$103,420 | 70 |
| 13 | Maryland | $137,500 |
$77,000 | 4,580 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $137,320 |
$79,870 | 7,710 |
| 15 | Minnesota | $135,920 |
$83,240 | 8,350 |
| 16 | Texas | $135,520 |
$73,980 | 16,290 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | $133,930 |
$71,110 | 16,720 |
| 18 | North Carolina | $133,500 |
$77,470 | 7,130 |
| 19 | Kansas | $132,910 |
$68,090 | 1,660 |
| 20 | Georgia | $131,340 |
$66,430 | 9,220 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $129,110 |
$82,790 | 1,220 |
| 22 | Michigan | $126,540 |
$71,950 | 4,510 |
| 23 | Ohio | $125,610 |
$67,370 | 6,830 |
| 24 | Illinois | $121,230 |
$67,110 | 21,980 |
| 25 | Missouri | $119,250 |
$56,310 | 2,620 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | $116,470 |
$77,030 | 2,720 |
| 27 | Nevada | $115,900 |
$64,890 | 1,830 |
| 28 | North Dakota | $115,340 |
$72,800 | 190 |
| 29 | Oregon | $114,370 |
$59,810 | 4,670 |
| 30 | Wyoming | $109,910 |
$49,950 | 60 |
| 31 | Arizona | $108,980 |
$58,490 | 5,230 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | $107,650 |
$58,890 | 1,260 |
| 33 | South Carolina | $106,530 |
$58,580 | 1,980 |
| 34 | Florida | $106,090 |
$54,530 | 12,090 |
| 35 | Tennessee | $105,460 |
$55,120 | 4,710 |
| 36 | Alabama | $104,630 |
$56,610 | 1,040 |
| 37 | Idaho | $104,390 |
$53,130 | 990 |
| 38 | Utah | $104,160 |
$57,540 | 3,140 |
| 39 | Indiana | $104,070 |
$61,970 | 3,400 |
| 40 | Iowa | $102,670 |
$60,680 | 2,550 |
| 41 | Hawaii | $100,510 |
$51,330 | 670 |
| 42 | Montana | $99,410 |
$60,980 | 160 |
| 43 | Vermont | $97,440 |
$57,470 | 670 |
| 44 | Maine | $95,980 |
$54,530 | 1,160 |
| 45 | Kentucky | $92,810 |
$48,050 | 1,750 |
| 46 | Nebraska | $92,770 |
$55,100 | 1,440 |
| 47 | Alaska | $91,750 |
$55,400 | 300 |
| 48 | New Mexico | $89,600 |
$58,570 | 340 |
| 49 | Louisiana | $87,000 |
$56,460 | 940 |
| 50 | West Virginia | $85,380 |
$44,830 | 390 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $79,780 |
$44,290 | 650 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $72,080 |
$39,780 | 680 |
| 53 | Guam | $54,210 |
$36,280 | 100 |
| 54 | Virgin Islands | $52,410 |
$34,430 | 60 |