Senior Marketing Manager salary in Houston, TX

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Sugar Land, Katy, Spring, The Woodlands, Cypress.

Also listed as: Product Marketing Manager

Median salary$180,000
Middle 50%$162.8k–$198.8k
vs. all levels here+19%comparison median $150,848
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $153,880 and $249,484.
PercentileSalary
10th$154,123
25th$162,781
50th (median)$180,000
75th$198,750
90th$244,780

Cost of living

Houston's median senior Marketing Manager salary of $180,000 is worth about $182,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Houston = 98.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Marketing Managers in the Houston, TX area earned a median of $153,030 in May 2025 (8,930 employed). The H-1B median here is $180,000, 18% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Deeltoo few3
Crane ChemPharma & Energytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $87,197 16
Mid-level · Level II $140,000 13
Senior · Level III $180,000 12
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$87,194$87,19716
Mid-level · Level II$118,643$140,00013
Senior · Level III$153,878$180,00012

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.