Marketing Manager salary in New Jersey

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

In New Jersey, the median marketing manager earns $180,040 a year, 8% above the United States median of $166,790.

It ranks 6th of 48 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $126,760 and the 90th at $298,870 (a ratio of 2.4).

New Jersey has 13,510 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.24: the role is 24% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in New Jersey is $58,570, so this role pays 3.1 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew JerseyNational
Median annual pay Observed$180,040United States: $166,790
Mean annual pay Observed$198,400United States: $177,770
10th percentile Observed$126,760United States: $90,260
25th percentile Observed$153,650United States: $123,020
75th percentile Observed$228,520United States: $216,410
90th percentile Observed$298,870United States: $293,610
Median hourly pay Observed$86.56United States: $80.19
Employment (jobs) Observed13,510
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed3.153
Location quotient Observed1.24
Difference from United States median ($166,790) Derived+8%
Rank among 48 states Derived6
Ratio to New Jersey all-occupation median ($58,570) Derived3.07×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.36

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 4. Colorado$182,730
  2. 5. New York$181,200
  3. 6. New Jersey$180,040
  4. 7. District of Columbia$177,170
  5. 8. Minnesota$173,300

Largest cities in New Jersey: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Edison (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.