Meta Ads salary: $120K median
The median advertised Meta Ads salary is $120K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $90K to $175K: counted from 55 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $58 an hour or $10,000 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $212K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Meta Ads jobs
$120Kmedian advertised salary
$90K – $175Kmiddle half of roles
$135Kaverage advertised salary
55roles counted
Meta Ads salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $170K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $120K | 53 |
Skills that pay more for Meta Ads roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopify | $185K | +$65K | 6 |
| HubSpot | $175K | +$55K | 8 |
| Copywriting | $169K | +$49K | 7 |
| Marketing attribution | $145K | +$25K | 10 |
| SQL | $140K | +$20K | 5 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Northbeam | $175K | 3 |
| NewsBreak | $106K | 3 |
| Real Chemistry | $96K | 4 |
| DEPT® | $85K | 11 |
| Sony Music | $78K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Meta Ads roles
All Meta Ads jobs- Product Manager, SMB GrowthPerplexity · 🇺🇸New York City$230K - $330KSQLSEOShopify
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Marketing TechnologyAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$248K - $310KRemoteLead and aboveJavaKotlinGraphQL
- Head of Global ExpansionBuild Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $300KLead and above.NETHTMLMeta Ads
- Staff Data EngineerMinerva · 🇺🇸New York City$237K - $265KLead and abovePythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Sr. Manager, Digital MarketingRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$171K - $257KSeniorTableauPerformance marketingContent marketing
- Director, Head of Social & InfluencerLiquid I.V. · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$155K - $232KLead and aboveAgileBrand designPhotoshop
- Senior Software Engineer, Marketing TechnologyAirbnb · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$196K - $227KSeniorRustGoJava
- Growth Manager, International (LATAM & EMEA)Oscilar · Remote$195K - $225KRemoteKafkaEnglishA/B testing
- AI Engineer, Agentic Ad Creative (Multimodal)NewsBreak · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$120K - $220KLLMAICUDA
- Director, Media - Shark HomeSharkNinja · 🇺🇸United States$175K - $215KLead and aboveContract negotiationPerformance marketingMarketing attribution
- Growth Marketing Manager - Paid MarketingHex · 🇺🇸San Francisco$163K - $205KHybridFigmaSnowflakeHubSpot
- Senior Media StrategistNorthbeam · 🇺🇸New York, New York$150K - $200KSeniorMachine LearningHubSpotShopify
- Senior Media StrategistNorthbeam · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California$150K - $200KSeniorMachine LearningHubSpotShopify
- Senior Paid Marketing ManagerAshby · 🇺🇸Remote - US$145K - $200KRemoteSeniorHubSpotPerformance marketingAccount-based marketing
- Creative Director, Performance MarketingOwner · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $200KLead and aboveHubSpotShopifyBrand design
- Director, Media - Shark Beauty (US)SharkNinja · 🇺🇸Needham, MA, United States$129K - $197KLead and aboveContract negotiationPerformance marketingMarketing attribution
- Campaign Manager, MarketingGrayscale · 🇺🇸Stamford, Connecticut, United States$140K - $190KPerformance marketingGoogle AdsMeta Ads
- Senior Digital Marketing ManagerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$160K - $190KSeniorA/B testingPerformance marketingMarketing automation
- Performance Marketing ManagerVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$150K - $188KHybridPerformance marketingCopywritingMeta Ads
- Manager, Marketing Operations, AmericaAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$110K - $170KHybridJavaScriptSQLHTML
Questions about Meta Ads pay
- What is the average Meta Ads salary?
- $135K a year on average and $120K at the median, across 55 open Meta Ads 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 $90K to $175K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Meta Ads pay?
- Northbeam ($175K), NewsBreak ($106K), Real Chemistry ($96K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a meta ads a high-paying job?
- The median Meta Ads posting advertises $120K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 31% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a meta ads?
- A tenth of the postings offer $212K a year or more; the highest open Meta Ads role advertises up to $330K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Meta Ads salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $120K a year is about $58 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $10,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $43 to $84 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Meta Ads roles?
- Postings that ask for Shopify (+$65K, 6 postings), HubSpot (+$55K, 8 postings), Copywriting (+$49K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $120K median of all Meta Ads 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 Meta Ads roles at companies is $120K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $90K to $175K. Counted from 55 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/meta-ads/
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