Marketing & Communications Director salary

Department-level marketing/communications leadership (Director scope). Based on 9 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits, reconciled with IRS filings.

Based on 9 postingsMedian only — under 10 postings✓ Verified against IRS Form 990

nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.

Median posted salary

$127,500

Marketing & communications ladderCareer path

Communications careers climb from coordination to a content, digital or design specialty, then to managing the channels, then to leading the function, then to the executive team as the voice of the organization.

Step 1Marketing & Communications Coordinator$54,080median of 6 postings
Step 2Communications & Digital Media Specialist$72,800median of 21 postings
Step 3Marketing & Communications Manager$87,616median of 8 postings
Step 4 · this pageMarketing & Communications Director$127,500median of 9 postings
Step 5VP, Marketing & CommunicationsNot enough postings yet

Each rung shows the posted-salary median from its own page.

By county

(click a header to sort)

County	Postings	25th	Median	75th

ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Santa Barbara (1). 25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).

By career level

Director

$127,500

9 postings

Organizations hiring now

Foodbank of Santa Barbara CountySanta Barbara County · Budget $20M-$50M$105,000–$115,000View org →

United Way Greater Los AngelesLos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$120,000–$135,000View org →

Related occupations

Communications & Digital Media Specialist Marketing & Communications Manager Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Actual compensation (IRS Form 990)

$2M-$10M	$147,347	11 employees
$10M-$20M	$169,036	10 employees
$20M-$50M	$154,574	14 employees
$50M-$100M	$194,222	15 employees
$100M+	$269,616	14 employees

ⓘReported compensation of incumbents from the most recent Form 990 filings — actual pay, not posted ranges.

Want the reported figures behind these numbers?

See the actual executive compensation reported on IRS Form 990 filings, and each organization’s full pay profile.

View 990 compensation →

Hear about new Marketing & Communications Director roles first

Create a free job alert and get new Southern California nonprofit openings matching your preferences in your inbox.

Create a job alert →

How this page is built

Figures reflect 9 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through November 07, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.