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Media buyer salaries in Remote (US)

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

Median posted pay$88KTypical range$75K–$108KBased on133 posts

How media buyer pay is spread

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

8$076$50K39$100K8$150K1$200K1$250K

Remote vs on-site

Median posted pay, media buyer roles

Remote$88K

In-house vs agency

Median posted pay, media buyer roles

Agency$88K
In-house$95K

By level

Median posted pay

Associate / JuniorNot enough data yet (10 posts)
Media Buyer$75K
Senior$94K
Lead / Manager$100K
Director+$168K

Hiring now

Open media buyer jobs that show pay, newest first

Media PlannerHeartbeat · Remote (US)$50K–$74K23 hours agoView job
Media PlannerPublicis Commerce · Remote (US)$50K–$74K23 hours agoView job
Senior Account Manager, SEM (Remote)Monks · Remote (US)$69K–$81K23 hours agoView job
Paid Social SpecialistClients Blackbox, Inc. · Remote (US)$65K–$90K1 day agoView job
Paid Social StrategistClients Blackbox, Inc. · Remote (US)$65K–$90K1 day agoView job

Every posted salary

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

Role, companyWherePosted pay
Head of Performance, Paid SocialAttentional · AgencyRemote (US)$200K–$400K
Director of Paid MediaNysonian · In-houseRemote (US)$200K–$250K
Director of Performance Marketing, CalendarSkylight · In-houseRemote (US)$180K–$210K
Director of Performance MarketingHoneydew · In-houseRemote (US)$170K–$200K
Director / Senior Director, Retail Media Paid SearchHarvest · AgencyRemote (US)$160K–$200K
SVP, Media InvestmentBrainlabs · AgencyRemote (US)$150K–$195K
Head of Paid SearchCode3 · AgencyRemote (US)$135K–$185K
Performance Marketing ManagerGreen Dot Corporation · In-houseRemote (US)$118K–$178K
Senior Media Director, B2BMedia Matters Worldwide · AgencyRemote (US)$150K–$175K
Associate Director, YouTube & CTV Paid AcquisitionThrive Market · In-houseRemote (US)$145K–$165K
Dashed line = median ($88K). Showing 10 of 146. Grey bars are left out of the median.

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.