Marketing Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.

SOC: 11-2021.00

Common Job Titles

Brand ManagerBusiness Development ManagerMarketing DirectorMarketing Manager
Wage Data According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Annual wage data for Marketing Managers (2024)

Estimated Total Employment (U.S.)

384,980

Wage Distribution by Percentile

MetricU.S.
10% of workers earn the following or less$81,900
10% of workers earn the following or more$239,200+
Workers on average earn$171,520

+ indicates wage is at or above the BLS reporting cap ($239,200/year)

Skills & Requirements

Key competencies for this occupation, ranked by importance

  • Sales and Marketing4.8/5
  • English Language4.5/5
  • Administration and Management4.0/5
  • Customer and Personal Service3.9/5
  • Communications and Media3.8/5
Tools & Technology

Equipment and software commonly used in this occupation

In-Demand Technology

Frequently requested by employers in job postings

Adobe AcrobatAdobe After EffectsAdobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopAmazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services AWS softwareApache CassandraApache HadoopApache HiveApple macOSAsanaAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JIRACCanvaCascading style sheets CSSDrupalElasticsearchExtensible markup language XMLFacebookFigmaGitHubGoogle AnalyticsGoogle DocsHubSpot softwareHypertext markup language HTMLIBM SPSS StatisticsIntuit QuickBooksJavaScriptMarketo Marketing AutomationMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft DynamicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Visual BasicMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications VBAMicrosoft WordMySQLNoSQLOracle DatabaseOracle PL/SQLOracle PeopleSoftPHPPythonRRubySAP softwareSASSalesforce softwareSlackSplunk EnterpriseStructured query language SQLSwiftTableauTeradata DatabaseThe MathWorks MATLABTikTokWordPressYardi software

Technology Skills

AEC Software FastTrack ScheduleAdSense TrackerAdobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe ActionScriptAdobe DreamweaverAirtableApache PigApache Solr

Tools & Equipment

Desktop computersLaser facsimile machinesNotebook computersPersonal computersPersonal digital assistants PDAPhotocopiersScannersTablet computers