Digital Lead Salary in the United States

How much does a Digital Lead make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Digital Lead in the United States is $80,594 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, a Digital Lead's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $93,259
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $72,550 to $87,223
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $65,226
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Digital Lead Salaries by Percentile

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Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $87,223 $7,269 $1,677 $42
Average $80,594 $6,716 $1,550 $39
25th Percentile $72,550 $6,046 $1,395 $35
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Key Factors That Influence Digital Lead Salaries

A Digital Lead'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 Experience Level Affects Digital Lead Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Digital Lead's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $80,594
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $81,362
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $82,932
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $83,246
  • Expert (over 8 years): $83,455
Levels Salary
Entry Level Digital Lead$80,594
Intermediate Level Digital Lead$81,362
Senior Level Digital Lead$82,932
Specialist Level Digital Lead$83,246
Expert Level Digital Lead$83,455
$80,594 0 yr
$81,362 < 2 yrs
$82,932 2-4 yrs
$83,246 5-8 yrs
$83,455 > 8 yrs
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How Do Digital Lead 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 Digital Leads. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

  • District of Columbia: $89,233.
  • California: $88,895.
  • Massachusetts: $87,710.

Top Paying Cities for Digital Leads

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:

  • San Jose: $101,653
  • San Francisco: $100,653
  • Oakland: $98,421

What Skills Can Increase a Digital Lead's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Analysis (Mentioned in 5.3% Job Postings): Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
  • Product Marketing (Mentioned in 1.88% Job Postings): Product marketing is a process of promoting and selling a product to a customer. Also product marketing is defined as being the intermediary function between product development and increasing brand awareness. For example, product management deals with the basics of product development within a firm, whereas product marketing deals with marketing the product to prospects, customers, and others. Product marketing, as a job function within a firm, also differs from other marketing jobs such as social media marketing, marketing communications ("marcom"), online marketing, advertising, marketing strategy, and public relations, although product marketers may use channels such as online for outbound marketing for their product. A product market is something that is referred to when pitching a new product to the general public. Product market definition focuses on a narrow statement: the product type, customer needs (functional needs), customer type, and geographic area.
  • Software Development (Mentioned in 1.26% Job Postings): Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development is a process of writing and maintaining the source code, but in a broader sense, it includes all that is involved between the conception of the desired software through to the final manifestation of the software, sometimes in a planned and structured process. Therefore, software development may include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in software products. Software can be developed for a variety of purposes, the three most common being to meet specific needs of a specific client/business (the case with custom software), to meet a perceived need of some set of potential users (the case with commercial and open source software), or for personal use (e.g. a scientist may write software to automate a mundane task). Embedded software development, that is, the development of embedded software, such as used for controlling consumer products, requires the development process to be integrated with the development of the controlled physical product. System software underlies applications and the programming process itself, and is often developed separately.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Analysis 5.3%
Product Marketing 1.88%
Software Development 1.26%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Digital Lead's salary.
  • Use Cases: Can increase your salary by up to 12%.
  • Fintech: Can increase your salary by up to 9%.
  • Alignment: Can increase your salary by up to 8%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Use Cases
$90,265
12%
Fintech
$87,847
9%
Alignment
$87,041
8%
Business Requirements
$87,041
8%
Go To Market
$86,235
7%
Data Science
$86,235
7%
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Digital Lead Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Digital Lead'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 January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Digital Lead

Salaries for a Digital Lead can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $86,851 in 2023 to around $85,620 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Digital Lead salary trends, .

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