Business and finance

Marketing Manager in the United States

400 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 125 employers · largest 4% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 400 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
9%
35 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

PMPProject Management Institute
1%
2 of 400 postings$555 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepProject Management Institute →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
1%
2 of 400 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy
2%
8 of 400 postings$1,500 exam · fee checked 2026-08~400 hrs prepAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
4%
17 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job

80%reported bachelor’s degree

Bachelor’s degree80%
High school diploma or equivalent12%
Master’s degree6%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 11-2021.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$90,260

10th percentile

$166,790

median

$293,610

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

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