Copywriting salary: $155K median
The median advertised Copywriting salary is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $115K to $192K: counted from 113 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $75 an hour or $12,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $230K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Copywriting jobs
$155Kmedian advertised salary
$115K – $192Kmiddle half of roles
$157Kaverage advertised salary
113roles counted
Copywriting salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $205K, 39% more than senior roles ($148K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $148K | $108K–$188K | 28 |
| Lead and above | $205K | $175K–$230K | 31 |
| No level in the title | $133K | $102K–$170K | 52 |
Copywriting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $186K | 41 |
| 🇺🇸California | $170K | 51 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $155K | 108 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $138K | 35 |
Skills that pay more for Copywriting roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $190K | +$35K | 17 |
| Design systems | $190K | +$35K | 13 |
| Brand design | $189K | +$34K | 16 |
| Visual design | $188K | +$32K | 13 |
| HubSpot | $169K | +$14K | 12 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | $230K | 8 |
| Harvey | $205K | 7 |
| Owner | $165K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $124K | 5 |
| Sword Health | $120K | 3 |
| Real Chemistry | $120K | 3 |
| Perk | $102K | 3 |
| Movers+Shakers | $101K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Copywriting roles
All Copywriting jobs- Brand Strategy Lead, Brand Architecture & NamingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$255K - $320KLead and aboveBrand designCopywriting
- Content DesignerPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $300KLLMLLM evaluationPrompt engineering
- Head of Product DesignGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$250K - $300KLead and aboveLLMZendeskServiceNow
- Group Creative Director - Brand NarrativeMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$211K - $293KRemoteLead and aboveBrand designCopywriting
- Senior EditorPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$210K - $290KSeniorContent marketingCopywriting
- Head of VideoHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$208K - $286KHybridLead and aboveCopywriting
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Ads ExperienceReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$191K - $267KRemoteSeniorRustGoPython
- Staff Content DesignerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $264KHybridLead and aboveContent marketingCopywriting
- Creative Director, Marketing CampaignsSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$212K - $263KLead and abovePhotographyCopywriting
- Podcast Media ManagerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$200K - $255KPerformance marketingMarketing attributionInfluencer marketing
- Staff Product Designer, AIAsana · 🇺🇸San Francisco$223K - $253KLead and aboveLLMAIDesign systems
- Associate Creative DirectorDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY$163K - $245KLead and aboveGenerative AIBrand designCopywriting
- Senior Product and Design StrategistOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$192K - $240KRemoteSeniorGoFigmaDesign systems
- Principal Product Management, GrowthZoomInfo · Remote$152K - $239KRemoteLead and aboveSQLLLMSEO
- Growth EngineerClickHouse · 🇺🇸United States$147K - $238KRemoteTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Senior Product Designer, Agent ExperienceVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$197K - $232KRemoteSeniorAI agentsSOC 2ISO 27001
- Senior Content DesignerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$193K - $230KSeniorDesign systemsInformation architectureContent marketing
- Staff Product DesignerCoast · 🇺🇸New York, NY$205K - $230KLead and aboveLLMFigmaDesign systems
- Founding MarketerWeave Os · Weave HQ$150K - $225KFigmaSEOCopywriting
- Staff UX Writer, AIAirbnb · 🇺🇸United States$180K - $223KLead and aboveLLMFigmaAI
Questions about Copywriting pay
- What is the average Copywriting salary?
- $157K a year on average and $155K at the median, across 113 open Copywriting 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 $115K to $192K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Copywriting pay?
- Perplexity ($230K), Harvey ($205K), Owner ($165K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a copywriting a high-paying job?
- The median Copywriting posting advertises $155K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a copywriting?
- A tenth of the postings offer $230K a year or more; the highest open Copywriting role advertises up to $320K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Copywriting salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $155K a year is about $75 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $55 to $93 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Copywriting roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$35K, 17 postings), Design systems (+$35K, 13 postings), Brand design (+$34K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $155K median of all Copywriting 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.
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The median advertised salary for Copywriting roles at companies is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $115K to $192K. Counted from 113 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/copywriting/
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