Advertising and Promotions Managers · SOC 11-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Advertising and Promotions Managerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for advertising and promotions managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (6 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 67 metro areas

Advertising and Promotions Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$181,250	440	0.2
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$180,500	240	0.2
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$174,390	3,630	0.4
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$173,020	250	0.1
5	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$170,000	40	0.1
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$167,930	1,350	0.2
7	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$166,390	160	0.0
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$165,000	120	0.1
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$163,380	Not published	Not published
10	Richmond, VA	$161,040	50	0.1
11	Columbia, SC	$159,950	50	0.1
12	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$157,890	60	0.1
13	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$156,500	40	0.1
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$154,490	330	0.3
15	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$150,000	Not published	Not published
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$146,560	370	0.1
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$146,510	660	0.2
18	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$144,960	50	0.1
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$143,450	110	0.3
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$143,040	250	0.1
21	Cleveland, OH	$137,970	40	0.0
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$137,050	120	0.1
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$132,050	90	0.0
24	Columbus, OH	$131,050	40	0.0
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$126,990	100	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Advertising and Promotions Managers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.