Advertising and Promotions Managers · SOC 11-2011

Advertising and Promotions Managers Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$181,250
Median hourly wage$87.14

Advertising and Promotions Managers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $181,250 per year ($87.14 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $94,490 at the 10th percentile to $406,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 440 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Advertising and Promotions Managers in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $181,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $138,750 and $274,810.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$94,490$138,750$181,250$274,810$406,600
Hourly$45.43$66.71$87.14$132.12$195.48

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $181,250 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $138,750 to $274,810
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $167,230 median for California; middle half earns $122,790 to $216,220
  • $133,660 median for United States; middle half earns $91,370 to $201,050

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +8% vs California overall and +36% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$64,990$103,743$142,497$181,250Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $64,990Jackson, MS — $67,600San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $70,500Pittsburgh, PA — $71,150Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $78,170Urban Honolulu, HI — $78,460Boise City, ID — $80,680St. Louis, MO-IL — $81,660Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $81,960Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $89,940Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $89,990Jacksonville, FL — $90,840Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $91,900El Paso, TX — $91,940Baton Rouge, LA — $94,250Omaha, NE-IA — $97,250Lexington-Fayette, KY — $101,340Knoxville, TN — $101,850Kansas City, MO-KS — $103,120Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $104,000Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,020San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $104,980Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $106,330Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $108,690North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $109,200Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $111,890Portland-South Portland, ME — $113,040Lancaster, PA — $114,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $114,990Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $115,900Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $116,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $117,010Eugene-Springfield, OR — $118,490Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $121,490Raleigh-Cary, NC — $121,730Albuquerque, NM — $121,810Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $122,410Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $122,750Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $123,170Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $123,360Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $124,930Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $125,180Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $126,990Columbus, OH — $131,050Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $132,050San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $137,050Cleveland, OH — $137,970Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $143,040Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $143,450Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $144,960Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $146,510Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $146,560Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $150,000Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $154,490Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $156,500Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $157,890Columbia, SC — $159,950Richmond, VA — $161,040Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $163,380Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $165,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $166,390Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $167,930Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $170,000Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $173,020New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $174,390San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $180,500San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $181,250

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Francisco metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 67 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for advertising and promotions managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $181,250 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $138,750 to $274,810
  • $180,500 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $153,320 to $309,450
  • $167,930 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $126,920 to $217,420
  • $137,050 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $86,020 to $174,190
  • $126,990 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $34,320 to $149,170
  • $122,410 median for Riverside metro area; middle half earns $34,320 to $150,250

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.