SEO salary: $181K median
From 137 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$181Kmedian advertised salary
$143K – $220Kmiddle half of roles
$179Kaverage advertised salary
137roles counted
SEO salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $215K, 24% more than senior roles ($174K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $174K | $152K–$202K | 37 |
| Lead and above | $215K | $185K–$260K | 38 |
| No level in title | $160K | $98K–$200K | 61 |
SEO salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $191K | 44 |
| 🇺🇸California | $191K | 48 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $184K | 130 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $162K | 38 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | $260K | 4 |
| Faire | $250K | 3 |
| Harvey | $240K | 3 |
| $229K | 7 | |
| Cresta | $220K | 4 |
| Replit | $210K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $192K | 5 |
| Suno | $172K | 3 |
| BarkleyOKRP | $92K | 9 |
| Braze | $35K | 4 |
Highest-paying open SEO roles
All SEO jobs- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Director, Head of Growth MarketingHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$247K - $395KRemoteLeadLLMSEO
- Staff Software Engineer, Replit CloudReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$265K - $390KLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Web Design ManagerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$305K - $385KSEO
- Full Stack Software Engineer, GrowthOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $385KSEO
- Head of Demand GenerationWarp · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $350KLeadLLMSEOWorkday
- Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist, AcquisitionFaire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLeadMachine LearningLLMSEO
- Product Manager, SMB GrowthPerplexity · 🇺🇸New York City$230K - $330KSQLSEOShopify
- VP, Growth MarketingLater · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; New York, New York, United States; Remote$276K - $318KRemoteLeadLookerHubSpotSEO
- Software Engineer, Frontend, GrowthRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$200K - $310KReactNext.jsSEO
- Principal Brand Content & AI Search VisibilityDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$223K - $307KLeadLLMSEOAI
- Staff Software Engineer, Consumer EngineeringReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $303KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Software Engineer, GrowthSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$189K - $301KSEO
- Senior Director, Growth Technology & PlatformsMatch Group · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$260K - $300KLeadSEO
- Member of Technical Staff - Product (Growth)Modal · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $300KTypeScriptLLMSnowflake
- Head of Corporate MarketingSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$225K - $300KLeadSEOAWS
- Director, Web MarketingDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$172K - $296KLeadSEO
- Site EngineerVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - New York City$196K - $294KJavaScriptReactNext.js
- Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Retailer GrowthFaire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$211K - $290KSeniorMachine LearningLLMSEO
- Staff DX EngineerRender · 🇺🇸Remote: United States$236K - $289KRemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptNode.js
Questions about SEO pay
- What is the average SEO salary?
- $179K a year on average and $181K at the median, across 137 open SEO 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 $143K to $220K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SEO pay?
- Perplexity ($260K), Faire ($250K), Harvey ($240K), 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 SEO roles at tech companies is $181K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $143K to $220K. Counted from 137 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/seo/
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