What are the main factors that influence a Search Engine Optimization's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change A Search Engine Optimization's salary?

A Search Engine Optimization's salary grows with experience: a Search Engine Optimization (2-4 years)earns $78,992, a Search Engine Optimization Specialist II (4-7 years)earns $95,529, a Search Engine Optimization Specialist III (7+ years)earns $124,939, a Search Engine Optimization Manager (7+ years)earns $117,233,

What are the highest paying states for a Search Engine Optimization?

Search Engine Optimization salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Search Engine Optimization roles are District of Columbia $88,108, California $87,774, Massachusetts $86,604. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Search Engine Optimization roles make?

Salaries for Search Engine Optimization level roles vary by specialization: Search Engine Optimization Product Manager: $132,186; Search Engine Optimization Marketing Manager: $127,366; Search Engine Optimization Specialist III: $127,185; Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Director: $124,811; Search Engine Optimization Expert - Team Lead: $124,147.

Search Engine Optimization Salary in Maine

How much does a Search Engine Optimization make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Search Engine Optimization in Maine is $77,429 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

However, a Search Engine Optimization's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $96,105
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $70,093 to $87,205
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $63,414

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Search Engine Optimization Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$87,205	$7,267	$1,677	$42
Average	$77,429	$6,452	$1,489	$37
25th Percentile	$70,093	$5,841	$1,348	$34

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Key Factors That Influence Search Engine Optimization Salaries

A Search Engine Optimization's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Search Engine Optimization Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Search Engine Optimizations. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $88,108.
California: $87,774.
Massachusetts: $86,604.

District of Columbia $88,108 California $87,774 Massachusetts $86,604 Washington $86,286 New Jersey $86,254 Alaska $86,143 Connecticut $85,045 New York $84,599

Hawaii $83,174 Rhode Island $82,506 Maryland $82,052 Minnesota $81,432 Colorado $81,193 Illinois $81,113 Oregon $80,811 Delaware $80,588

New Hampshire $80,448 Virginia $80,135 Pennsylvania $79,219 Nevada $78,758 North Dakota $78,607 Michigan $78,368 Wisconsin $78,280 Vermont $78,105

Texas $77,620 Maine $77,588 Arizona $77,540 Ohio $77,485 Georgia $76,753 Indiana $76,387 Wyoming $76,315 Utah $76,203

Iowa $76,156 Kansas $75,774 Louisiana $75,662 North Carolina $75,623 Missouri $75,607 Florida $75,296 Montana $75,129 Nebraska $74,970

Kentucky $74,882 South Carolina $74,564 Tennessee $74,365 Idaho $74,286 New Mexico $73,705 Oklahoma $73,577 Alabama $73,108 South Dakota $72,320

Arkansas $71,890 West Virginia $71,660 Mississippi $70,967

Top Paying Cities for Search Engine Optimizations

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $75,432
Harmony: $75,432
Hartland: $75,432

Freedom, ME $75,432 Harmony, ME $75,432 Hartland, ME $75,432 Hinckley, ME $75,432 Jackman, ME $75,432 Kingfield, ME $75,432 Liberty, ME $75,432 Madison, ME $75,432

Monroe, ME $75,750 Morrill, ME $75,432 Newport, ME $75,591 New Portland, ME $75,432 New Sharon, ME $75,432 New Vineyard, ME $75,432 Norridgewock, ME $75,432 North Anson, ME $75,432

North Vassalboro, ME $75,432 Oakland, ME $75,432 Oquossoc, ME $77,365 Palmyra, ME $75,432 Phillips, ME $77,365 Pittsfield, ME $75,432 Plymouth, ME $75,646 Rangeley, ME $77,365

Portland, ME $80,103 Falmouth, ME $80,103 South Portland, ME $80,103 Cape Elizabeth, ME $80,103 Peaks Island, ME $80,103 Cumberland Foreside, ME $80,103 Auburn, ME $79,307 Andover, ME $79,307

Bethel, ME $79,307 Bryant Pond, ME $79,307 Buckfield, ME $79,307 Canton, ME $79,307 Durham, ME $79,625 Danville, ME $79,307 Dixfield, ME $79,307 Dryden, ME $79,307

East Andover, ME $79,307 East Dixfield, ME $79,307 East Livermore, ME $79,307 East Poland, ME $79,307 Stoneham, ME $79,307 East Wilton, ME $77,365 Greene, ME $79,307 Hanover, ME $79,307

Hebron, ME $79,307 Jay, ME $79,307 Lewiston, ME $79,307 Lisbon, ME $79,307 Lisbon Falls, ME $79,307 Livermore, ME $79,307 Livermore Falls, ME $79,307 Greenwood, ME $79,307

Mechanic Falls, ME $79,307 Mexico, ME $79,307 Minot, ME $79,307 Monmouth, ME $79,307 New Gloucester, ME $79,522 Newry, ME $79,307 North Jay, ME $79,307 Leeds, ME $79,307

North Monmouth, ME $79,307 North Turner, ME $79,307 North Waterford, ME $79,307 Norway, ME $79,307 Oxford, ME $79,307 Paris, ME $79,307 Poland, ME $79,307 Roxbury, ME $79,307

Rumford, ME $79,307 Sabattus, ME $79,307 South Paris, ME $79,307 Turner, ME $79,307 Wayne, ME $79,307 Weld, ME $79,307 West Bethel, ME $79,307 Bowdoin, ME $79,307

West Minot, ME $79,307 West Paris, ME $79,307 Peru, ME $79,307 West Poland, ME $79,307 Sumner, ME $79,307 Wilton, ME $79,307 Augusta, ME $77,365 Coopers Mills, ME $77,365

Dresden, ME $79,307 East Winthrop, ME $79,307 Farmingdale, ME $79,307 Gardiner, ME $79,307 Randolph, ME $79,307 Hallowell, ME $79,307 Jefferson, ME $77,365 Kents Hill, ME $79,307

Litchfield, ME $79,307 Manchester, ME $79,307 Mount Vernon, ME $77,365 Whitefield, ME $79,307 Palermo, ME $75,432 Sebasco Estates, ME $79,466 Readfield, ME $79,307 Saint Albans, ME $75,432

South Bristol, ME $79,307 Squirrel Island, ME $79,307 Trevett, ME $79,307 Waldoboro, ME $79,307 Walpole, ME $79,307 Washington, ME $75,432 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $79,307 Southport, ME $79,307

Wiscasset, ME $79,307 Woolwich, ME $79,307 Ellsworth, ME $75,487 Addison, ME $75,432 Gouldsboro, ME $75,432 Bar Harbor, ME $75,432 Beals, ME $75,432 Bernard, ME $75,432

Birch Harbor, ME $75,432 Blue Hill, ME $75,432 Brooklin, ME $75,432 Brooksville, ME $75,432 Calais, ME $75,432 Cherryfield, ME $75,432 Columbia Falls, ME $75,432 Corea, ME $75,432

Cranberry Isles, ME $75,432 Cutler, ME $75,432 Deer Isle, ME $75,432 Dennysville, ME $75,432 East Blue Hill, ME $75,432 East Machias, ME $75,432 Eastport, ME $75,432 Franklin, ME $75,432

Frenchboro, ME $75,432 Grand Lake Stream, ME $75,432 Hancock, ME $75,432 Harborside, ME $75,432 Harrington, ME $75,432 Hulls Cove, ME $75,432 Isle Au Haut, ME $75,432 Islesford, ME $75,432

Jonesboro, ME $75,432 Jonesport, ME $75,432 Little Deer Isle, ME $75,432 Lubec, ME $75,432 Bass Harbor, ME $75,432 Machias, ME $75,432 Machiasport, ME $75,432 Meddybemps, ME $75,432

Milbridge, ME $75,432 Mount Desert, ME $75,432 Northeast Harbor, ME $75,432 Sullivan, ME $75,432 Pembroke, ME $75,432 Perry, ME $75,432 Princeton, ME $75,432 Prospect Harbor, ME $75,432

Robbinston, ME $75,432 Salsbury Cove, ME $75,432 Sargentville, ME $75,432 Seal Cove, ME $75,432 Seal Harbor, ME $75,432 Sedgwick, ME $75,432 Sorrento, ME $75,432 Southwest Harbor, ME $75,432

Steuben, ME $75,432 Stonington, ME $75,432 Sunset, ME $75,432 Surry, ME $75,432 Swans Island, ME $75,432 Wesley, ME $75,432 Whiting, ME $75,432 Winter Harbor, ME $75,432

Baileyville, ME $75,432 Houlton, ME $75,432 Ashland, ME $75,432 Benedicta, ME $75,432 Blaine, ME $75,432 Bridgewater, ME $75,432 Caribou, ME $75,432 Clayton Lake, ME $75,432

Crouseville, ME $75,432 Eagle Lake, ME $75,432 Easton, ME $75,432 Estcourt Station, ME $75,432 Fort Fairfield, ME $75,432 Fort Kent, ME $75,432 Fort Kent Mills, ME $75,432 Frenchville, ME $75,432

Grand Isle, ME $75,432 Island Falls, ME $75,432 Limestone, ME $75,432 Madawaska, ME $75,432 Mapleton, ME $75,432 Richmond, ME $79,307 South China, ME $75,432 South Gardiner, ME $79,307

Vienna, ME $77,365 Windsor, ME $77,365 Winthrop, ME $79,307 Bangor, ME $76,227 Abbot, ME $75,432 Aurora, ME $75,487 Bradford, ME $75,909 Bradley, ME $76,227

Brewer, ME $76,227 Brookton, ME $75,432 Brownville, ME $75,432 Brownville Junction, ME $75,432 Bucksport, ME $75,853 Burlington, ME $75,432 Greenbush, ME $75,750 Carmel, ME $76,068

Castine, ME $75,432 Charleston, ME $75,694 Danforth, ME $75,432 Dover Foxcroft, ME $75,432 Corinth, ME $76,068 Eddington, ME $76,227 Holden, ME $76,227 East Millinocket, ME $75,432

East Orland, ME $75,694 Etna, ME $75,965 Exeter, ME $75,806 Frankfort, ME $75,806 Greenville, ME $75,432 Greenville Junction, ME $75,432 Guilford, ME $75,432 Hampden, ME $76,227

Howland, ME $75,432 Hudson, ME $76,172 Kenduskeag, ME $76,227 Kingman, ME $75,432 Lagrange, ME $75,591 Lambert Lake, ME $75,432 Lee, ME $75,432 Levant, ME $76,227

Lincoln, ME $75,432 Mattawamkeag, ME $75,432 Medway, ME $75,432 Milford, ME $76,227 Millinocket, ME $75,432 Milo, ME $75,432 Monson, ME $75,432 Olamon, ME $75,646

Old Town, ME $76,227 Orono, ME $76,227 Orient, ME $75,432 Orland, ME $75,694 Orrington, ME $76,227 Passadumkeag, ME $75,432 Penobscot, ME $75,432 Rockwood, ME $75,432

Sangerville, ME $75,432 Sebec, ME $75,432 Shirley Mills, ME $75,432 Springfield, ME $75,432 Stetson, ME $75,853 Stillwater, ME $76,124 Topsfield, ME $75,432 Vanceboro, ME $75,432

Waite, ME $75,432 West Enfield, ME $75,432 Winn, ME $75,432 Winterport, ME $76,012 Wytopitlock, ME $75,432 Bath, ME $79,307 Alna, ME $79,307 Boothbay, ME $79,307

Boothbay Harbor, ME $79,307 Bristol, ME $79,307 Chamberlain, ME $79,307 Damariscotta, ME $79,307 East Boothbay, ME $79,307 Friendship, ME $79,307 Georgetown, ME $79,307 Isle Of Springs, ME $79,307

Bremen, ME $79,307 Newcastle, ME $79,307 New Harbor, ME $79,307 Nobleboro, ME $79,307 Edgecomb, ME $79,307 Pemaquid, ME $79,307 Phippsburg, ME $79,307 Cushing, ME $79,307

Round Pond, ME $79,307 Sandy Point, ME $75,535 Searsmont, ME $75,432 Searsport, ME $75,432 Shawmut, ME $75,432 Skowhegan, ME $75,432 Smithfield, ME $75,432 Solon, ME $75,432

Stockton Springs, ME $75,432 Stratton, ME $75,432 Strong, ME $75,432 Temple, ME $77,365 West Forks, ME $75,432 Thorndike, ME $75,432 Troy, ME $75,432 Unity, ME $75,432

Vassalboro, ME $75,432 West Farmington, ME $77,365 Berwick, ME $83,636 Cape Neddick, ME $83,747 Eliot, ME $83,819 Kittery, ME $83,819 Kittery Point, ME $83,819 North Berwick, ME $83,556

Ogunquit, ME $83,596 South Berwick, ME $83,747 York, ME $83,819 York Beach, ME $83,819 York Harbor, ME $83,819 Acton, ME $80,349 Alfred, ME $80,708 Bailey Island, ME $79,888

Bar Mills, ME $79,888 Biddeford, ME $79,729 Biddeford Pool, ME $79,784 Bowdoinham, ME $79,307 Bridgton, ME $79,307 Brownfield, ME $79,307 Brunswick, ME $79,410 Bustins Island, ME $79,944

Cape Porpoise, ME $81,137 Casco, ME $79,307 Center Lovell, ME $79,307 Chebeague Island, ME $80,103 Cliff Island, ME $80,103 Cornish, ME $79,307 Cumberland Center, ME $80,103 Denmark, ME $79,307

East Baldwin, ME $79,307 Lebanon, ME $80,851 East Parsonsfield, ME $79,641 Sebago, ME $79,307 East Waterboro, ME $80,477 Freeport, ME $79,840 Fryeburg, ME $79,307 Gorham, ME $80,103

Gray, ME $79,784 Harrison, ME $79,307 Hiram, ME $79,307 Hollis Center, ME $79,681 Kennebunk, ME $81,273 Kennebunkport, ME $81,233 Parsonsfield, ME $79,641 Limerick, ME $80,015

Limington, ME $79,800 Long Island, ME $80,103 Lovell, ME $79,307 Moody, ME $83,485 Naples, ME $79,307 Newfield, ME $80,143 North Bridgton, ME $79,307 North Waterboro, ME $80,310

Windham, ME $80,047 Ocean Park, ME $79,999 Old Orchard Beach, ME $80,047 Orrs Island, ME $79,729 Porter, ME $79,140 Pownal, ME $79,784 Scarborough, ME $80,103 Raymond, ME $79,570

Saco, ME $79,944 Sanford, ME $80,755 Sebago Lake, ME $79,410 Shapleigh, ME $80,381 South Casco, ME $79,625 South Freeport, ME $79,784 Harpswell, ME $79,729 South Windham, ME $80,103

Springvale, ME $80,668 Standish, ME $79,840 Steep Falls, ME $79,570 Topsham, ME $79,307 Waterboro, ME $80,588 Waterford, ME $79,307 Wells, ME $81,472 West Baldwin, ME $79,307

Westbrook, ME $80,103 Buxton, ME $79,729 West Kennebunk, ME $80,986 West Newfield, ME $79,960 Yarmouth, ME $80,103 North Yarmouth, ME $79,944 Mars Hill, ME $75,432 Monticello, ME $75,432

New Limerick, ME $75,432 New Sweden, ME $75,432 Oakfield, ME $75,432 Oxbow, ME $75,432 Patten, ME $75,432 Perham, ME $75,432 Portage, ME $75,432 Presque Isle, ME $75,432

Saint Agatha, ME $75,432 Saint David, ME $75,432 Saint Francis, ME $75,432 Sheridan, ME $75,432 Sherman, ME $75,432 Stacyville, ME $75,432 Sinclair, ME $75,432 Smyrna Mills, ME $75,432

Wallagrass, ME $75,432 Stockholm, ME $75,432 Van Buren, ME $75,432 Washburn, ME $75,432 Westfield, ME $75,432 Rockland, ME $75,432 Camden, ME $75,432 Glen Cove, ME $75,432

Hope, ME $75,432 Islesboro, ME $75,432 Lincolnville, ME $75,432 Lincolnville Center, ME $75,432 Matinicus, ME $77,365 Monhegan, ME $79,307 North Haven, ME $75,432 Owls Head, ME $75,432

Port Clyde, ME $79,307 Rockport, ME $75,432 South Thomaston, ME $75,432 Spruce Head, ME $77,365 Tenants Harbor, ME $79,307 Thomaston, ME $77,365 Union, ME $75,432 Vinalhaven, ME $75,432

Warren, ME $77,365 West Rockport, ME $75,432 Waterville, ME $75,432 Albion, ME $75,432 Anson, ME $75,432 Athens, ME $75,432 Belfast, ME $75,432 Belgrade, ME $77,365

Belgrade Lakes, ME $75,432 Bingham, ME $75,432 Brooks, ME $75,432 Burnham, ME $75,432 Cambridge, ME $75,432 Canaan, ME $75,432 Caratunk, ME $75,432 China Village, ME $75,432

Clinton, ME $75,432 Corinna, ME $75,535 Detroit, ME $75,487 Dexter, ME $75,432 Dixmont, ME $75,646 East Newport, ME $75,694 East Vassalboro, ME $75,432 Eustis, ME $75,432

Fairfield, ME $75,432 Farmington, ME $77,365 Garland, ME $75,646 Farmington Falls, ME $77,365

Search Engine Optimization Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Search Engine Optimization's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$70,093

Average $77,429/year

$87,205

$5,841

Average $6,452/month

$7,267

$1,348

Average $1,489/week

$1,677

$34

Average $37/hour

$42

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$87,205	$7,267	$1,677	$42
Average	$77,429	$6,452	$1,489	$37
25th Percentile	$70,093	$5,841	$1,348	$34

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