Paid Search / PPC salary

The best-evidenced figure here is for paid search / PPC roles at senior level across the United States: 47 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $91,000 and $135,000, with a median of $105,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $89,250, senior $105,000 and lead $123,750. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 39% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 9 of the 17 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.