Across 87 live US postings for content roles with a listed USD salary, measured October 2026, the median offer is $117,000–$155,200 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured October 2026 · n=87 US postings with salary
Content salary: $117,000–$155,200 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 215 tracked live content postings. No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median content posting offers $117,000–$155,200 a year (n=87, USD).
- 27% of the 215 live content postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $129,000–$197,800 a year. The median alone hides how wide that spread is.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 2 | $77,450–$114,250 |
| Mid-level | 31 | $105,000–$145,000 |
| Senior | 28 | $134,500–$188,000 |
| Lead | 12 | $147,000–$225,000 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 22 | $130,000–$167,500 |
| On-site / hybrid | 65 | $117,000–$154,000 |
Jobs that build AI vs the rest
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Builds AI | 0 | not enough data |
| Little AI | 73 | $117,000–$154,000 |
Companies hiring content roles
Method
US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 87 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.
Sample: content postings at tech companies tracked by Level (215 live postings in this category on the measured date). Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.
All amounts are USD per year. Every median and quartile below excludes hourly-rate postings (a listed maximum under $1,000, almost always an hourly rate, not a salary) and mid-range postings that are neither clearly hourly nor clearly annual (maximum between $1,000 and $10,000). Mixing either into an annual median would understate the real number. The middle 50% of postings top out between $129,000–$197,800 (25th–75th percentile).
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured October 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor): Writers and Authors (SOC 27-3043.00).
How many content roles jobs are remote?
27% of the 87 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured October 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 0 postings build AI and 175 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured October 2026.