Marketing Manager salary in Washington

Official occupation: 11-2021 Marketing Managers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Washington, the median marketing manager earns $172,270 a year, 3% above the United States median of $166,790.

It ranks 9th of 48 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $293,590, 3.0 times the $98,220 that marks the bottom 10%.

About 8,880 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 0.98).

For context, the median across all occupations in Washington is $62,990, so this role pays 2.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureWashingtonNational
Median annual pay Observed$172,270United States: $166,790
Mean annual pay Observed$185,590United States: $177,770
10th percentile Observed$98,220United States: $90,260
25th percentile Observed$127,660United States: $123,020
75th percentile Observed$224,170United States: $216,410
90th percentile Observed$293,590United States: $293,610
Median hourly pay Observed$82.82United States: $80.19
Employment (jobs) Observed8,880
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.501
Location quotient Observed0.98
Difference from United States median ($166,790) Derived+3%
Rank among 48 states Derived9
Ratio to Washington all-occupation median ($62,990) Derived2.73×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.99

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 7. District of Columbia$177,170
  2. 8. Minnesota$173,300
  3. 9. Washington$172,270
  4. 10. Connecticut$169,240
  5. 11. South Dakota$167,750

Largest cities in Washington: Seattle, Tri-Cities, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.