Head of Marketing and CMO salary: $225K median
The median advertised Head of Marketing and CMO salary is $225K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $259K: counted from 242 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $108 an hour or $18,750 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $300K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll head of marketing and CMO jobs
$225Kmedian advertised salary
$188K – $259Kmiddle half of roles
$228Kaverage advertised salary
242roles counted
Head of Marketing and CMO salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $241K | 64 |
| 🇺🇸California | $231K | 79 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $225K | 225 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $225K | 60 |
Skills that pay more for Head of Marketing and CMO roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product marketing | $232K | +$8K | 29 |
| Performance marketing | $231K | +$6K | 44 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Head of Marketing and CMO roles
All head of marketing and CMO jobs- Global VP of MarketingCatapult Sports · 🇺🇸New York$198K - $538KLead and aboveHubSpot
- Head of Marketing & SalesTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$302K - $452KLead and aboveProduct marketingRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Chief Marketing OfficerEliseai · 🇺🇸New York City$300K - $450KLead and above
- Head of Product MarketingAmplitude · Remote-NAMER$285K - $427KRemoteLead and aboveFeature flagsProduct marketing
- Vice President, MarketingCadence Solutions · 🇺🇸United States$380K - $425KLead and aboveSQLSEO
- SVP, MarketingOneTrust · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia$270K - $405K.NETData governance6sense
- VP, Product MarketingMoloco · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California, United States; San Francisco, Cal…$300K - $400KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Senior Director, Head of Growth MarketingHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$247K - $395KRemoteLead and aboveLLMSEOPerformance marketing
- Vice President, MarketingOntra · 🇺🇸United States$260K - $390KRemoteLead and aboveAgile
- Head of Performance MarketingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $385KLead and aboveContract negotiationPerformance marketingMarketing attribution
- Director/VP of Product MarketingRunway Ml · Remote$300K - $380KRemoteLead and aboveHTMLProduct marketing
- Vice President, MarketingBlitzy · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA$300K - $375KLead and above
- Head of Product MarketingPolymarket · 🇺🇸New York$300K - $375KLead and above
- Head of MarketingPontera · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$275K - $375KLead and above
- Director, Global Marketing OperationsSnowflake · 🇺🇸US-CA-Menlo Park$276K - $362KLead and above
- Vice President Marketing & CommunicationsEpirus · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States; Washington, District…$290K - $361KLead and aboveEvent marketingInvestor relations
- Senior Creative Director, MarketingDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY$237K - $355KLead and abovePerformance marketing
- Senior Director of Performance MarketingDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY$237K - $355KLead and abovePerformance marketingMarketing attributionAppsFlyer
- VP, Growth MarketingGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$311K - $355KLead and aboveLLMZendeskServiceNow
- Director, Marketing Process & TechnologyEthos Life · 🇺🇸Remote US$200K - $352KRemoteLead and aboveGo
Questions about Head of Marketing and CMO pay
- What is the average Head of Marketing and CMO salary?
- $228K a year on average and $225K at the median, across 242 open Head of Marketing and CMO 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 $188K to $259K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Head of Marketing and CMO pay?
- Snowflake ($296K), CodeRabbit ($233K), Twitch ($232K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a head of marketing and cmo a high-paying job?
- The median Head of Marketing and CMO posting advertises $225K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 29% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a head of marketing and cmo?
- A tenth of the postings offer $300K a year or more; the highest open Head of Marketing and CMO role advertises up to $538K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Head of Marketing and CMO salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $225K a year is about $108 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $90 to $125 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Head of Marketing and CMO roles?
- Postings that ask for Product marketing (+$8K, 29 postings), Performance marketing (+$6K, 44 postings) advertise more than the $225K median of all Head of Marketing and CMO 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 Head of Marketing and CMO roles at companies is $225K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $259K. Counted from 242 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/head-of-marketing/
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