What is the average CMS salary?

$164K a year on average and $158K at the median, across 84 open CMS postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $128K to $196K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest CMS pay?

Box ($166K), KBRA ($145K), Contentful ($132K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a cms a high-paying job?

The median CMS posting advertises $158K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a cms?

A tenth of the postings offer $240K a year or more; the highest open CMS role advertises up to $340K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the CMS salary per hour and per month?

The median of $158K a year is about $76 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,146 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $94 an hour.

Which skills pay more for CMS roles?

Postings that ask for TypeScript (+$50K, 14 postings), Contentful (+$47K, 25 postings), CSS (+$46K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $158K median of all CMS postings with pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

CMS Salary: $164K Average, $158K Median (Nov 2026)

CMS salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $205K, 27% more than senior roles ($161K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$161K	$140K–$192K	18
Lead and above	$205K	$171K–$232K	17
No level in the title	$145K	$118K–$174K	49

CMS salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$191K	22
🇺🇸California	$185K	28
🇺🇸New York, NY	$168K	26
🇺🇸United States	$158K	77

Skills that pay more for CMS roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
TypeScript	$208K	+$50K	14
Contentful	$205K	+$47K	25
CSS	$203K	+$46K	10
JavaScript	$201K	+$43K	10
React	$200K	+$43K	13

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Box	$166K	4
KBRA	$145K	3
Contentful	$132K	7
Storyblok	$121K	4

Highest-paying open CMS roles

All CMS jobs

Solutions ArchitectVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$190K - $340KHybridTypeScriptJavaScriptReact9mo
Front End Engineer, MarketingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$300K - $320KReactNext.jsCSS2mo
Director of Engineering - iCasino (FBG)Fanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$194K - $319KLead and aboveIncident responseCMSTest automation8w
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Marketing TechnologyAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$248K - $310KRemoteLead and aboveJavaKotlinGraphQL3mo
Senior Manager, Solution Architecture - Existing CustomersSanity · 🇺🇸New York City$267K - $305KRemoteSeniorFigmaShopifyCMS8mo
Tech Lead, Web Development - Full StackElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptReact3w
Product Designer, CMSFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$169K - $303KCMS3mo
Member of Technical Staff - Product (Growth)Modal · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $300KTypeScriptLLMSnowflake6mo
Design Engineer, Growth & MarketingPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $300KTypeScriptReactFigma3mo
Technical EditorAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$265K - $295KCMS3w
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Website DevelopmentCalendly · 🇺🇸Remote - US$187K - $272KRemoteSeniorTypeScriptJavaScriptSEO6w
Staff Web EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $260KHybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact2mo
Staff Web EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$220K - $260KHybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact2mo
Lead Digital ProducerPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$120K - $248KRemoteLead and aboveSEODesign systemsCMS12d
Senior Manager, Content & Knowledge ArchitectureAirbnb · 🇺🇸California, United States, Oregon, United States, Washing…$196K - $245KSeniorInformation architectureTechnical writingContent marketing3w
Staff Brand Designer, InteractiveBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$187K - $234KLead and aboveJavaScriptFigmaHTML2mo
Staff Brand Designer, InteractiveBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$187K - $234KLead and aboveJavaScriptFigmaHTML2mo
Staff Engineer, Technical Lead, Content Management SystemsOura · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$198K - $233KRemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureSEO2mo
Senior Product Manager, SearchBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$181K - $226KSeniorMachine LearningAgileElasticsearch2w
Senior Frontend Engineer, GrowthAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$158K - $225KHybridSeniorTypeScriptJavaScriptReact4mo

Questions about CMS pay

What is the average CMS salary?: $164K a year on average and $158K at the median, across 84 open CMS postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $128K to $196K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest CMS pay?: Box ($166K), KBRA ($145K), Contentful ($132K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a cms a high-paying job?: The median CMS posting advertises $158K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a cms?: A tenth of the postings offer $240K a year or more; the highest open CMS role advertises up to $340K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the CMS salary per hour and per month?: The median of $158K a year is about $76 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,146 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $94 an hour.
Which skills pay more for CMS roles?: Postings that ask for TypeScript (+$50K, 14 postings), Contentful (+$47K, 25 postings), CSS (+$46K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $158K median of all CMS postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

CMS salary: $158K median