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Marketing Manager Salary in Massachusetts (2026)

The average Marketing Manager in Massachusetts earns around $158,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $111,579/year ($9,298/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$111,579
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$9,298
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$4,292
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$54/hr
Federal Tax
$26,654
State Tax
$7,680
FICA Taxes
$12,087
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

29.38%
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Marketing Manager Salary Ranges in Massachusetts

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$105,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$158,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$240,000

/year

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Not all Marketing Managers earn the same — not even close

Massachusetts's marketing management market is anchored by Wayfair HQ Boston (e-commerce furniture, ~13K global employees), HubSpot Cambridge (CRM SaaS, marketing automation pioneer), Boston Beer Company HQ Boston (Samuel Adams, Truly Hard Seltzer, Twisted Tea), Liberty Mutual Insurance HQ Boston (~50K global employees, Fortune 100), Fidelity Investments marketing (~30K Boston employees), TripAdvisor HQ Needham, plus the Kendall Square biotech DTC pharma marketing cluster (Moderna patient-services, Vertex DTC, Biogen direct-to-patient) and Boston-area sports marketing (Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins).

CMO / VP Marketing (Fortune 500)

$265,000–$525,000+ TC

Wayfair CMO · Liberty Mutual senior VP · Boston Beer CMO · Fidelity senior brand · HubSpot CMO

Senior Marketing Director

$175,000–$265,000

Wayfair senior · HubSpot senior PMM · TripAdvisor senior brand · Liberty Mutual marketing director

Marketing Director (Mid-Cap)

$135,000–$195,000

Boston Beer brand director · iRobot · Toast brand · Wellington marketing · ProfileX marketing

Senior Marketing Manager

$115,000–$165,000

Most common senior IC band · brand and product manager roles at MA Fortune 500

Senior PMM (Product Marketing)

$130,000–$195,000

HubSpot product marketing · Akamai · Toast · DataRobot · senior SaaS product marketing specialty

Senior Brand Manager (Pharma DTC)

$125,000–$185,000

Vertex DTC brand · Moderna patient-services · Biogen disease-state marketing · pharma compliance premium

Marketing Manager (Mid-Level)

$92,000–$135,000

6-10 years · functional management at smaller MA firms and mid-cap brands

Digital / Performance Marketing Manager

$98,000–$148,000

Wayfair DTC digital · HubSpot inbound · Boston digital agency scene · paid media specialist

Senior B2B Marketing Manager

$120,000–$175,000

Akamai B2B · Raytheon defense marketing · Bain & Company · BCG · State Street institutional

Senior Brand Manager (Consumer / CPG)

$115,000–$170,000

Boston Beer brand (Samuel Adams, Truly, Twisted Tea) · Ocean Spray Cranberries · iRobot · cherry-picked CPG

Worth knowing: HubSpot Cambridge is the structural feature most national marketing-career surveys understate for MA. HubSpot (founded 2006, IPO 2014, ~7,500 global employees) pioneered the 'inbound marketing' category and remains the largest standalone marketing SaaS company by revenue (~$2.5B annual revenue, ~$30B+ market cap). HubSpot's substantial product marketing organization plus the company's marketing-as-thought-leadership content business creates a unique senior marketing career destination. Wayfair HQ Boston (e-commerce furniture, ~13K global employees, post-2022 financial restructuring) operates substantial brand + product + performance marketing across the Wayfair, AllModern, Birch Lane, Joss & Main, and Perigold brand portfolio. Boston Beer Company HQ Boston (founded 1984 by Jim Koch, ~$2B revenue, Samuel Adams + Truly Hard Seltzer + Twisted Tea + Dogfish Head + Angry Orchard brand portfolio) drives consumer CPG brand marketing depth. Liberty Mutual Insurance HQ Boston (Fortune 100, ~50K global employees, ~$50B revenue) operates large DTC personal lines insurance marketing. The Kendall Square biotech DTC pharma marketing cluster (Vertex Pharmaceuticals direct-to-patient + Moderna patient-services + Biogen disease-state marketing) creates a senior brand-management specialty at the intersection of pharma + marketing. The MA combined effective rate at $145K senior marketing comp is 5% flat — but at $1.117M+ TC the Fair Share 4% surtax pushes combined top to 9%.

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