Communications salary

198 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Sep 24, 2026

These figures come from 1,887 communications postings where the employer stated pay, covering 73 cities. The single best-evidenced figure is New York at lead, where 68 postings put the middle half between $142,017 and $208,000, with a median of $167,500.

Pay rises with seniority. Typical figures run entry-level around $62,000, mid-level around $99,000, senior around $137,000 and lead around $177,000. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 185% more.

Location moves the number too. Of the 31 cities with enough disclosures to rank, Cambridge pays most at around $203,000 and New Orleans least at around $59,000. That spread is wide enough that the cities are almost certainly not hiring at the same seniority, so treat it as a range of markets rather than a like-for-like premium.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 95 of the 156 US-dollar ranges rest on fewer than 10 postings, so treat those as a hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column tells you which.

Every measured range

198 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$59,500 – $91,625	$70,000	59
United States · country-wide	Mid	$76,820 – $133,189	$102,885	520
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$71,725 – CA$115,038	CA$94,690	62
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£42,123 – £62,500	£50,000	29
United States · country-wide	Senior	$109,000 – $175,000	$137,500	305
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$85,000 – CA$131,500	CA$101,000	29
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£52,016 – £75,000	£64,000	13
United States · country-wide	Lead	$140,000 – $220,000	$180,000	406
Canada · country-wide	Lead	CA$127,446 – CA$142,500	CA$132,500	13
Remote · United States	Mid	$85,500 – $124,438	$105,000	58
Remote · United States	Senior	$107,500 – $170,000	$133,450	45
Remote · United States	Lead	$143,000 – $220,250	$180,000	68
Atlanta	Entry	$46,000 – $61,000	$55,000	31
Atlanta	Lead	$104,000 – $176,000	$125,000	14
Austin	Entry	$56,000 – $66,000	$60,000	43
Austin	Lead	$182,000 – $204,000	$188,000	15
Boston	Entry	$55,000 – $75,000	$57,000	39
Boston	Lead	$175,000 – $218,500	$187,623	13
Cambridge	Senior	$167,000 – $181,000	$178,000	14
Cambridge	Lead	$183,000 – $226,000	$218,000	23
Charlotte	Entry	$50,000 – $63,000	$58,000	29
Chicago	Mid	$70,000 – $125,050	$85,000	21
Chicago	Lead	$125,000 – $206,550	$176,310	14
Cleveland	Entry	$58,000 – $63,000	$60,000	19
Columbus	Entry	$60,000 – $77,000	$77,000	25
Dallas	Entry	$57,000 – $63,000	$61,000	28
Houston	Entry	$56,000 – $64,000	$60,000	30
Indianapolis	Entry	$48,000 – $52,000	$48,000	21
Los Angeles	Entry	$51,000 – $64,000	$58,000	36
Los Angeles	Lead	$136,875 – $183,750	$169,891	14
Louisville	Entry	$48,000 – $54,000	$52,000	20
Madison	Entry	$58,000 – $62,000	$62,000	25
Miami	Entry	$53,000 – $62,000	$57,000	33
Minneapolis	Entry	$57,000 – $65,000	$61,000	19
New Orleans	Entry	$52,000 – $62,000	$58,000	24
New York	Entry	$59,750 – $105,000	$71,000	17
New York	Mid	$80,775 – $138,750	$100,000	55
New York	Senior	$119,375 – $176,875	$141,688	40
New York	Lead	$142,017 – $208,000	$167,500	68
Ottawa	Entry	CA$79,000 – CA$94,000	CA$83,000	23
Parsippany Troy Hills	Mid	$125,000 – $174,000	$125,000	15
Philadelphia	Mid	$74,000 – $115,000	$78,000	14
Phoenix	Entry	$58,000 – $62,000	$62,000	17
Princeton	Lead	$205,000 – $265,000	$238,000	18
San Antonio	Entry	$56,000 – $61,000	$60,000	24
San Francisco	Entry	$83,000 – $180,000	$109,000	21
San Francisco	Mid	$120,069 – $211,000	$170,326	17
San Francisco	Senior	$158,625 – $199,813	$175,750	16
San Francisco	Lead	$206,250 – $266,805	$225,000	19
San Jose	Mid	$102,000 – $157,000	$151,000	16
San Jose	Senior	$127,000 – $169,000	$152,000	15
Seattle	Entry	$49,000 – $86,000	$54,000	14
Seattle	Senior	$102,000 – $136,000	$118,000	20
Seattle	Lead	$121,000 – $153,000	$126,000	15
Tampa	Entry	$52,000 – $62,000	$59,000	42
Toronto	Entry	CA$49,000 – CA$78,000	CA$58,000	18
Toronto	Mid	CA$67,750 – CA$109,725	CA$92,300	23
Vancouver	Mid	CA$85,000 – CA$102,000	CA$94,000	33
Washington	Mid	$75,000 – $121,150	$100,125	20
Washington	Lead	$115,000 – $176,600	$132,500	17

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

Top 60 of 198 ranges by sample size.

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.