Marketing & Communications Manager salary

Manages marketing, content, PR, or social media programs. Based on 8 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.

Based on 8 postingsMedian only — under 10 postings

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

$87,616

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 3 · this pageMarketing & Communications Manager$87,616median of 8 postings
Step 4Marketing & 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

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County	Postings	25th	Median	75th

ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Riverside (1), San Diego (2). 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

Manager / Supervisor

$87,616

8 postings

Organizations hiring now

Center for Community SolutionsSan Diego County · Budget $2M-$10M$72,000–$79,200View org →

Essie Justice GroupBudget $2M-$10M$90,000–$95,000View org →

U.S. VetsLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$70,304–$87,872View org →

Related occupations

Communications & Digital Media Specialist Marketing & Communications Director Marketing & Communications Coordinator

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How this page is built

Figures reflect 8 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.