Average Content Strategist Salary

The top respondents for the job title Content Strategist are from the companies Facebook Inc, ClearLink and Walker Sands Communications. Reported salaries are highest at Capital One Financial Corp where the average pay is $114,400. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc, earning around $98,264 and $92,000, respectively. Walker Sands Communications pays the lowest at around $51,000. ClearLink and Huge also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $58,958 and $74,710, respectively.

Skills in Strategy and Editing are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Marketing Communications, Copywriting and Content Management.

An entry-level Content Strategist with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $46,354 based on 38 salaries. An early career Content Strategist with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $54,462 based on 801 salaries. A mid-career Content Strategist with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $68,607 based on 529 salaries. An experienced Content Strategist with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $81,273 based on 246 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $100,362.

Employees with Content Strategist in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 29.3% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Seattle, Washington (25.9% more) and Los Angeles, California (12.6% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Atlanta, Georgia (6.7% less) and Chicago, Illinois (4.9% less).