Events Manager salary: $148K median
From 65 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$125K – $190Kmiddle half of roles
$171Kaverage advertised salary
65roles counted
Events Manager salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $228K, 60% more than senior roles ($142K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $142K | $122K–$165K | 18 |
| Lead and above | $228K | $138K–$287K | 16 |
| No level in title | $148K | $125K–$185K | 31 |
Events Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $182K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸California | $182K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $149K | 58 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $145K | 15 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $253K | 4 |
| Together AI | $182K | 3 |
| xAI | $138K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Events Manager roles
All events manager jobs- Field Marketing Lead, CybersecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $400KLead
- Field Marketing Lead, Public SectorAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC$320K - $400KLead
- Creative Director, ExperientialBlock · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States of America$252K - $377KLead
- Sr. Director, Americas Field MarketingDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$211K - $363KLeadTableau
- Head of Americas Field MarketingCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$270K - $300KLead
- Head of Global Events & Field MarketingLightning AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$260K - $270KLeadPyTorch
- Experiential ProducerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $266K
- Events Manager, Brand & CommunicationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $266K
- Head of Event MarketingCodeRabbit · remote$250K - $265KRemoteLeadGCPAWS
- Global Experiential Marketing ManagerWaymo · 🇺🇸Playa Vista, CA, USA; New York City, NY, USA$210K - $259K
- Field Marketing Manager, USn8n · 🇺🇸Boston$206K - $252KRemoteSAP
- Director, Field Marketing - AmericasNew Relic · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Austin, Texas, USA; Portland, Oreg…$193K - $241KLead
- Senior Design, Experiential EventsTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$130K - $235KSenior
- Sr. Field Marketing & Community ManagerTogether AI · 🇺🇸New York$190K - $225KSenior
- Events LeadGrayscale · 🇺🇸Stamford, Connecticut, United States$160K - $220KLead
- Field Marketing Manager, Healthcare / SLEDCursor · Remote$153K - $220KRemote
- Senior Field Marketing ManagerOpal · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $220KSeniorDatabricks
- Field Marketing ManagerPlanetScale · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$160K - $210KPostgreSQLMySQL
- Field Marketing ManagerDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $210K
- Senior Manager, Events & Field MarketingDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$160K - $210KRemoteSeniorAWS
Questions about Events Manager pay
- What is the average Events Manager salary?
- $171K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 65 open Events Manager postings at tech 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 $125K to $190K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Events Manager pay?
- OpenAI ($253K), Together AI ($182K), xAI ($138K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Events Manager roles at tech companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $125K to $190K. Counted from 65 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/events/
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