Community Manager salary

10 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for community manager roles at mid level across the United States: 115 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $73,743 and $120,000, with a median of $89,010.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $89,010 and senior $107,600. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 21% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 6 of the 10 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

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Every measured range

10 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$73,743 – $120,000	$89,010	115
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$52,500 – CA$93,000	CA$58,500	9hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$95,938 – $138,960	$107,600	28
Remote · United States	Mid	$92,500 – $120,000	$101,800	9hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$107,000 – $157,150	$146,327	7hint
Chicago	Mid	$68,706 – $77,400	$76,500	5hint
Los Angeles	Mid	$75,915 – $93,750	$81,900	7hint
New York	Mid	$85,000 – $124,375	$93,500	20
San Francisco	Mid	$93,750 – $150,250	$99,500	11
Washington	Mid	$74,953 – $87,500	$84,500	5hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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3 measured comparisons

Compared role	Level	Community Manager	Them	Gap	Sample
Marketing Manager	Mid · US	$89,010	$125,000	-29%	115 / 1,184
Social Media Manager	Mid · US	$89,010	$100,000	-11%	115 / 114
Marketing Manager	Senior · US	$107,600	$160,375	-33%	28 / 710

Median vs median at the same level and country, employer-stated pay, 20+ postings on each side. Positive means community manager pays more. Medians within 10% show as similar pay.