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Growth Manager Salary Benchmarks

Compensation data for the Growth Manager role at US SaaS companies, based on 59 verified salaries.

Updated September 2026
Quartile breakdownAll SaaS roles
Base salary · US SaaS59 salaries
$85,000
Median base salary
Bottom 25% avg$20,317Top 25% avg$100,220
Average base salary
$75,946
Typical range (P25–P75)
$70,500–$90,000
Salaries analyzed
59

Hiring for this role? At the median, one Growth Manager costs $85,000 a year in base salary.

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Overview
59 salaries

Growth Manager Salary Overview

Bottom 25% AverageAverage of the lowest-paid quarter · 12 salaries
$20,317
Middle 50% AverageAverage of the middle half · 27 salaries
$82,688
Top 25% AverageAverage of the highest-paid quarter · 20 salaries
$100,220

Median Growth Manager base pay by pay period

Per year
$85,000
Per month
$7,083
Every two weeks
$3,269
Per hour
$40.87
Base-pay equivalents before tax; hourly assumes 2,080 working hours a year.

Growth Managers at SaaS companies design and execute experiments across acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization to drive compounding revenue growth. They collaborate closely with Heads of Growth on strategy, Growth Engineers on implementation, and Data Analysts on experiment design and measurement.

Growth Manager compensation reflects the high-leverage nature of the role and direct tie to revenue metrics. The role often progresses into Head of Growth or Marketing Manager. View all SaaS salary benchmarks.

Quartile bands
Employees · annualized base

Detailed Growth Manager Compensation Breakdown

Growth Manager base salary by percentile band
Percentile BandSalary rangeAverage Base Salary# of salaries
Top 25%$90,000 and up$100,22020 salaries
Middle 50%$70,500–$90,000$82,68827 salaries
Bottom 25%Under $70,500$20,31712 salaries
Hiring budget
Base salary · fully loaded

What Does a Growth Manager Cost to Hire?

Budget for Growth Manager hires at the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile of this benchmark, as base salary and as fully loaded cost.

Pay level
Hires
1

One Growth Manager hire at the median: $85,000 a year in base salary, $106,250–$119,000 fully loaded.

Cost of one hire by pay level
Per hireP25MedianP75
Base salary / year$70,500$85,000$90,000
Base salary / month$5,875$7,083$7,500
Fully loaded / year1.25–1.4× base$88,125–$98,700$106,250–$119,000$112,500–$126,000
Fully loaded / month1.25–1.4× base$7,344–$8,225$8,854–$9,917$9,375–$10,500
Fully loaded adds employer payroll taxes, health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment at 1.25–1.4× base salary. That multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonus, equity, and recruiting fees are not included.

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What Drives Higher Growth Manager Pay?

  • Proven track record of moving key metrics — CAC, LTV, activation rate
  • Full-funnel ownership across acquisition through retention
  • Technical depth — SQL, A/B testing frameworks, and growth tooling
  • Experience at PLG companies where growth is core to the business model

Growth Manager Compensation Structure

  • Base salary is the primary component (72–82% of total comp)
  • Performance bonuses tied to MRR growth, CAC reduction, and activation KPIs
  • Equity grants standard at growth-stage companies (0.05–0.2%)
  • Annual bonuses of 10–20% based on growth targets achieved
FAQ
Growth Manager salary

The median SaaS Growth Manager base salary is $85,000, with a typical range of $70,500–$90,000. The average base is $75,946 across 59 verified salaries. Total compensation including equity and bonuses typically adds 20–35% above base at growth-stage companies.

Growth Managers and Marketing Managers earn comparable base salaries, though Growth Managers at PLG companies often carry higher equity and bonus upside tied directly to revenue metrics. Marketing Managers tend to focus more on brand and campaign execution, while Growth Managers own full-funnel experimentation.

Common progressions include Head of Growth, Director of Marketing, or VP of Growth. Some also transition into Head of Marketing or product-led growth product management tracks.

Yes, equity is standard for Growth Managers at growth-stage and PLG SaaS companies. Typical grants range from 0.05–0.2% depending on seniority. Combined with a median base of $85,000, total compensation at funded startups often exceeds base by 20–35%.

On a median base salary of $85,000, a Growth Manager at a US SaaS company makes about $7,083 a month, $3,269 every two weeks, or $40.87 an hour over 2,080 working hours a year. The middle half of salaries (25th–75th percentile) works out to $5,875–$7,500 a month. These are base-pay equivalents before tax, and they leave out bonus, commission, and equity.

Expect the lower half of this benchmark. Across 59 verified SaaS Growth Manager salaries, the 25th percentile is $70,500 and the median is $85,000. A Growth Manager at a seed or Series A startup, or at a bootstrapped company under roughly $10M ARR, will often land between those two figures. Base pay typically moves toward and past the $90,000 75th percentile as the company adds headcount and ARR. Those stage bands are a rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a breakdown by company size, which the dataset does not report.

Budget for more than base salary. On a median base of $85,000, the fully loaded cost of a US Growth Manager is roughly $106,250–$119,000 per year once employer payroll taxes (~7.65% FICA plus federal and state unemployment), health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment are added. That 1.25–1.4x multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to the benchmark on this page, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonuses, and equity sit on top where the role carries them. Also budget one-off hiring costs: agency recruiting fees commonly run 15–25% of first-year base, and a new hire takes weeks to months to reach full productivity.

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