Digital Marketing Consultant Salary

Q: How much does a Digital Marketing Consultant make?

Digital marketing consultants make $71,064 per year on average, or $34.17 per hour, in the United States. Digital marketing consultants on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $49,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $101,000. Location impacts how much a digital marketing consultant can expect to make. Digital marketing consultants make the most in New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Colorado, and Texas.

Updated February 6, 2023

Average Digital Marketing Consultant Salary

$71,064yearly

$34.17 hourly

Entry level Salary

$49,000 yearly

$49,00010%

$71,064Median

$101,00090%

How much does a Digital Marketing Consultant make?

Digital marketing consultants make $71,064 per year on average, or $34.17 per hour, in the United States. Digital marketing consultants on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $49,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $101,000.

Location impacts how much a digital marketing consultant can expect to make. Digital marketing consultants make the most in New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Colorado, and Texas.

Highest Paying States For Digital Marketing Consultants

Throughout the U.S., the average salary for a digital marketing consultant is roughly $71,064 per year, which boils down to $34.17 per hour. Interestingly enough, digital marketing consultants have the highest salaries in Washington, DC at about $85,686 per year. For those who are just starting out, the average entry-level salary in Washington, DC is $57,000. Additionally, digital marketing consultants make more than the average salary in Camden, NJ, New York, NY, Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Seattle, WA. On a more broad level, digital marketing consultant salaries are highest in New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, and Washington. On the contrary, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Missouri offer the lowest digital marketing consultant salaries.

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Average Salary:

Digital Marketing Consultant average salary by State

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	District of Columbia	$85,590	$41.15	316
2	Delaware	$79,542	$38.24	209
3	New York	$76,708	$36.88	2,268
4	New Jersey	$83,789	$40.28	1,045
5	Texas	$73,099	$35.14	2,975
6	Colorado	$75,548	$36.32	870
7	Indiana	$66,046	$31.75	1,554
8	Oregon	$72,660	$34.93	619
9	North Carolina	$69,966	$33.64	1,470
10	New Hampshire	$67,223	$32.32	311
11	Rhode Island	$66,517	$31.98	218
12	Connecticut	$69,837	$33.58	586
13	Virginia	$70,896	$34.08	1,342
14	Nevada	$68,535	$32.95	285
15	Arkansas	$67,543	$32.47	329
16	Minnesota	$65,532	$31.51	1,098
17	Washington	$71,937	$34.59	805
18	Michigan	$66,154	$31.80	830
19	California	$68,619	$32.99	4,123
20	Georgia	$63,858	$30.70	1,400
21	Pennsylvania	$60,955	$29.31	1,763
22	Utah	$61,851	$29.74	489
23	Massachusetts	$65,541	$31.51	1,251
24	Hawaii	$67,046	$32.23	138
25	New Mexico	$63,325	$30.44	203
26	South Dakota	$55,963	$26.91	289
27	Maine	$59,255	$28.49	206
28	Kentucky	$61,725	$29.68	408
29	Maryland	$65,015	$31.26	809
30	Tennessee	$60,899	$29.28	638
31	Illinois	$60,364	$29.02	1,662
32	Ohio	$59,759	$28.73	1,186
33	Alabama	$55,108	$26.49	842
34	Wyoming	$54,453	$26.18	110
35	Iowa	$60,561	$29.12	315
36	Vermont	$56,453	$27.14	139
37	South Carolina	$60,477	$29.08	406
38	Idaho	$58,543	$28.15	215
39	Wisconsin	$58,745	$28.24	688
40	Louisiana	$60,954	$29.30	278
41	Mississippi	$52,191	$25.09	442
42	Oklahoma	$51,345	$24.69	626
43	Kansas	$57,239	$27.52	375
44	Florida	$56,869	$27.34	2,041
45	Arizona	$56,825	$27.32	731
46	Alaska	$53,809	$25.87	108
47	Nebraska	$53,416	$25.68	298
48	West Virginia	$54,472	$26.19	157
49	North Dakota	$50,072	$24.07	133
50	Montana	$43,622	$20.97	148
51	Missouri	$51,808	$24.91	611

Highest Paying Cities For Digital Marketing Consultants

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	Washington, DC	$85,686	$41.20
2	Camden, NJ	$84,072	$40.42
3	New York, NY	$77,091	$37.06
4	Denver, CO	$75,328	$36.22
5	San Francisco, CA	$74,981	$36.05
6	Seattle, WA	$72,891	$35.04
7	Portland, OR	$71,760	$34.50
8	McLean, VA	$71,039	$34.15
9	Raleigh, NC	$70,637	$33.96
10	Hartford, CT	$69,488	$33.41
11	Concord, NH	$66,540	$31.99
12	Indianapolis, IN	$66,355	$31.90
13	Minneapolis, MN	$65,576	$31.53	1
14	Boston, MA	$65,518	$31.50
15	Baltimore, MD	$65,270	$31.38

Digital Marketing Consultant Salary by Years of Experience

The salary for a digital marketing consultant can vary depending on the years of experience that a person has, from entry level to senior level. An accountant with 0-2 years of experience earns an average salary of $44,589, a mid-career professional with 3-6 years of experience makes $71,064 a year on average, and a senior level accountant with 7-12 years of experience enjoys an average annual salary of $123,326. Data on how experience level affects total compensation is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as part of their National Compensation Survey, which is based on factors such as knowledge, complexity, contacts, and environment.

Digital Marketing Consultant Salary By Experience Level

Experience Level	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
Entry Level	$44,600	$21.44
Mid Level	$75,300	$36.20
Senior Level	$123,000	$59.29

Digital Marketing Consultants Salary Details

Average Digital Marketing Consultant Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a Digital Marketing Consultant's Salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$101,000	$8,417	$49
75th Percentile	$85,000	$7,083	$41
Average	$71,064	$5,922	$34
25th Percentile	$58,000	$4,833	$28
10th Percentile	$49,000	$4,083	$24

Highest Paying Types of Digital Marketing Consultants

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Marketing & Events Coordinator	$41,447	$3,454	$19.93	84,375
Head Of Marketing	$137,829	$11,486	$66.26	92,557
Marketing Strategist	$80,033	$6,669	$38.48	89,543
Marketing Internship	$30,260	$2,522	$14.55	122,135
Strategy Consultant	$115,244	$9,604	$55.41	70,241
Marketing Lead	$104,664	$8,722	$50.32	92,987

Here are the five companies hiring the most now:

Which Companies Pay Digital Marketing Consultants The Most?

According to our most recent salary estimates, Booz Allen Hamilton and M&T; Bank are the highest paying companies for digital marketing consultants.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
1	Booz Allen Hamilton	$98,919	$47.56	44
2	M&T Bank	$93,968	$45.18	23
3	Wells Fargo	$91,975	$44.22	290
4	Deloitte	$91,541	$44.01	5,768
5	Tata Group	$84,187	$40.47	68
6	Verizon Services Corp.	$81,283	$39.08
7	North States Ind	$80,796	$38.84
8	ICSA Labs	$77,972	$37.49
9	Randstad North America, Inc.	$77,556	$37.29	110
10	Ansira, Inc.	$76,796	$36.92	1
11	MassMutual	$76,507	$36.78	46
12	Lincoln Financial Group	$75,850	$36.47	475
13	Entravision Communications	$73,263	$35.22	4
14	Kelly Services	$73,122	$35.15	26
15	Entrata	$72,149	$34.69
16	RevLocal	$71,830	$34.53	4
17	Church Mutual Insurance	$70,316	$33.81
18	Sinclair Broadcast Group	$69,521	$33.42	55
19	C-4 Analytics	$69,428	$33.38	2
20	Bahakel Communications	$67,033	$32.23

How Much Do Digital Marketing Consultants Make In Different Industries?

Digital marketing consultant salaries can vary depending on the industry. In fact, our data shows that the manufacturing, technology, and professional industries tend to offer much higher salaries for digital marketing consultants. For example, digital marketing consultants make a whopping average salary of $73,960 while working in the manufacturing industry. Meanwhile, other people in this field are making $73,586 in the technology industry and $72,579 in the professional industry.

Digital marketing consultants may want to avoid working in the media industry as it offers the lowest average salary of $59,325.

Highest Paying Industries For Digital Marketing Consultants

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Manufacturing	$73,960	$35.56
2	Technology	$73,586	$35.38
3	Professional	$72,579	$34.89
4	Media	$59,325	$28.52

High Paying Digital Marketing Consultant Jobs

Digital Marketing Consultant Pay Trends

Average Digital Marketing Consultant Salary Over Time

Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

Digital Marketing Consultant Salary By Year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2023	$71,100	$34.17	+3.1%
2022	$68,900	$33.12	+1.1%
2021	$68,200	$32.77	-0.2%
2020	$68,300	$32.83	+1.1%
2019	$67,600	$32.48	+0.7%

Recently Added Digital Marketing Consultant Salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Creative Circle	Digital Content Marketing Consultant	Atlanta, GA	11/26/2022	$83,480
Taurean Consulting Group, Inc.	Digital Marketing Consultant	Las Vegas, NV	11/24/2022	$45,000
Taurean Consulting Group, Inc.	Digital Marketing Consultant	Las Vegas, NV	11/24/2022	$45,000
University of California	Digital Communications Spec 3-Marketing & Public Affairs-Days (Hybrid)	Irvine, CA	11/08/2022	$66,300
Integrity Staffing	Marketing Consultant-Digital Producer	Woonsocket, RI	11/06/2022	$75,132
Integrity Staffing	Marketing Consultant-Digital Producer	Woonsocket, RI	11/06/2022	$75,132
Reachlocal	Digital Marketing Consultant (Sales)	Los Angeles, CA	10/18/2022	$65,000
Gannett Co. Inc.	Digital Marketing Consultant (Sales)	Los Angeles, CA	10/17/2022	$65,000
Gannett Co. Inc.	Digital Marketing Sales Consultant	Rochester, NY	09/09/2022	$80,000
University of Arkansas	Digital Marketing Business Consultant	Little Rock, AR	07/24/2022	$60,000

Digital Marketing Consultant Salaries FAQs

What State Pays Digital Marketing Consultants The Most?

New Jersey pays Digital Marketing Consultants the most in the United States, with an average salary of $85,590 per year, or $41.15 per hour.

How Do I Know If I'm Being Paid Fairly As A Digital Marketing Consultant?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Digital Marketing Consultant if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in New Jersey you should be paid close to $83,789 per year.

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Updated February 6, 2023