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Media buyer salary

What US employers post for media buyer roles, from the last 12 months of job posts.

Median posted pay$75KTypical range$63K–$83KBased on61 posts

How media buyer pay is spread

Posts by the middle of their posted range. Dark bar = where the median falls.

1$20K9$40K31$60K16$80K3$100K$120K1$140K

Remote vs on-site

Median posted pay, media buyer roles

Remote$75K
Hybrid$73K
On-site$75K

In-house vs agency

Median posted pay, media buyer roles

Agency$73K
In-houseNot enough data yet (4 posts)

By location

Median posted pay, media buyer roles

Remote (US)$75K
New York$70K
CaliforniaNot enough data yet (7 posts)
FloridaNot enough data yet (4 posts)

Hiring now

Open media buyer jobs that show pay, newest first

Analyst, ProgrammaticOMG23 · Burbank, CA$60K–$71K22 hours agoView job
Media PlannerHeartbeat · Remote (US)$50K–$74K23 hours agoView job
Media PlannerPublicis Commerce · Remote (US)$50K–$74K23 hours agoView job
Paid Media SpecialistTurnKey Marketing · Corona, CA$80K–$90K1 day agoView job
Paid Social SpecialistClients Blackbox, Inc. · Remote (US)$65K–$90K1 day agoView job

Every posted media buyer salary

Real ranges from real job posts. Not self-reported.

Role, companyWherePosted pay
Performance MarketerImpact Theory · AgencyLos Angeles, CA · On-site$150K–$165K
Senior Programmatic StrategistBrkfst · AgencyDallas, TX · Hybrid$95K–$140K
Media ManagerDAC Group · AgencyChicago, IL · Hybrid$90K–$120K
Paid Search StrategistAmpush · AgencyNew York, NY · Hybrid$90K–$115K
Media ManagerFlywheel · AgencySeattle, WA · Hybrid$78K–$110K
Meta Media Buyer (US, Remote)Paleovalley & Wild Pastures · In-houseRemote (US)$73K–$105K
Paid Social Media Buyer for eCommerceEvestar · AgencyRemote (US)$80K–$100K
Paid Social StrategistAmpush · AgencyRemote (US)$80K–$95K
Budget Operations Specialist, Paid SearchTonic3 · AgencyNew York, NY · Hybrid$80K–$95K
Paid Social StrategistTinuiti · AgencyRemote (US)$80K–$95K
Dashed line = median ($75K). Showing 10 of 69. Grey bars are left out of the median.

Other roles: Associate / Junior · $56KSenior · $92KLead / Manager · $98KDirector+ · $155K

Posted pay from 397 US media buyer job posts that list a salary, Jul 2026 to Oct 2026. Not self-reported. Medians use full-time pay only, monthly pay times 12; contract, hourly and pay tied to ad spend are listed but left out. A median shows from 10 posts.