Search Engine Marketing Salaries - What Can You Expect?

There's been a slew of blog posts and articles over the past week regarding the type of salaries that search engine marketing and search engine optimization consultants are currently commanding in the U.S. Clearly, the search industry is making some people rich.

Here are some typical salaries in USD:

Entry level SEO/SEM position = $30-45K
Three to five years experience / online account managers = $50-75K
Five + years / organic SEO specialists = $75-90K
Senior management level = $70-120K
SEM Director = $95-150K
VP Level = $100-200K (although there have been reports of offers ranging from $250-315K at this level)

I just wish this list had been available when I was trying to justify my search engine optimization salary increase back in 2000! More discussion on SEO/SEM salaries here:

- SEM Salaries
- SEM Salaries - What People Are Paying
- Search Marketing Salaries - What You Should Be Paid

Perhaps this is incentive enough to take a course in search engine marketing.