ONWARDsearch released and infographic yesterday called SEO Salary Guide: For Top 20 U.S. Markets that shows you which U.S. markets offer the highest number of SEO-related jobs and what the salary ranges for those markets are. You can download the guide in PDF form here.
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That is all they make? Glad I work for myself and don’t have to punch a clock for someone else.
I was just going to say HOLY MISSILE’S – I’ve actually considered taking a job for first time since 1999 for personal/life changes, but the pay is PATHETIC. Actually, predictable I suppose based on the sheer ignorance of what serious MISSILE SEO-SEM consists of.
Is the salary low? are you guys making more than 100,000 a year?
Well, Mr. Big Shot … how much are you raking in?
Ya. How much you Earn Mr.?
those are awesome numbers!!! nice infographic..
I would like to have a link from where i can get the info about other countries salary on SEO
as far as US concern.. those numbers are just very nice..
feels good to be a SEO
Why linkbuider are not valued that much ? What a cruel world !
Nice numbers. Hope it grows high in Holland too.
Low numbers are for the working level marketing people. The big salaries are at the Director level. Typical pattern and amounts for any Fortune 500 corporation.
The workers in the “strategiest” catagory .. are they technical degreed programmers and developers or just a mid-grade between link-farmers and managers?
hmm..the figure looks quite encouraging… Indian SEO industry needs to travel a long way…
Thanks a lot for sharing! BTW, Rand at SEOmoz has posted a survey for SEO professionals to update an older post on SEO pricing. Please participate if you can: <
Thanks for the good survey and detailed list of SEO salaries but these salaries are very less according to the profile and hardwork used by Seo’s . SEO is one of the most difficult profession in this world because you are directly competing the #1 company of World is GOOGLE and you have to be update on very frequent basis to rank in SERP.