300+ Marketing & Communications Jobs in Washington, DC

The strongest local wage anchors come from government occupation data rather than posting estimates. In the Washington metro, market research analysts and marketing specialists had a 2025 median wage of $87,160, with the 25th percentile at $65,730 and the 75th percentile at $123,760, while marketing managers had a median wage of $181,260 and a 75th percentile of $233,290. In the current local posting sample, advertised salary ranges center on about $95k to $130k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $72k to $175k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 246 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $87,948 at the 25th percentile, $117,250 at the median and $146,675 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a real market, but not an easy one. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro unemployment rate was 3.8% in August 2026, so employers are still hiring. At the same time, the local backdrop is softer than job seekers may expect: metro nonfarm employment was down about 2.0% year over year, Professional and Business Services was down 2.1022%, and Information was down 4.7045%. You can still find openings here because the local sample showed more than 850 postings across more than 600 companies, but the winners are usually candidates who can connect communications or content work to project execution, analytics, public affairs, or institutional credibility.

Best positioned: Candidates with roughly 4-10 years of experience who can show project management, media/public relations, data analysis, and AI-assisted content workflow skills have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not treat Washington like a remote-first content market: about 55% of sampled roles were on-site, about 35% hybrid, and about 10% remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 317 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kpmg Us: 21 open roles
2. Amazon: 5 open roles
3. Marriott International, Inc.: 5 open roles
4. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.: 4 open roles
5. Inova Health System: 4 open roles
6. Marriott International: 4 open roles
7. Artera Technologies, LLC: 3 open roles
8. Chesapeake, Inc.: 3 open roles
9. Google Inc: 3 open roles
10. Johns Hopkins Medicine: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Washington: 107
• Arlington: 28
• McLean: 28
• Baltimore: 24
• Reston: 11
• Bethesda: 9
• Alexandria: 9
• Tysons: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 183 (59%), hybrid 115 (37%), remote 14 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity here is concentrated less in consumer-brand marketing and more in institution-heavy employer types. In the local posting mix, government & public sector, software development, non-profit organizations, and IT services and IT consulting each accounted for about 15% of sampled demand, with defense and space manufacturing at about 10%. The most consistently active employers included The Johns Hopkins University, Booz Allen, Amazon, CoStar Group, Science Applications International Corp., Nightwing, Northrop Grumman, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. That mix changes what "good fit" means. Local signals emphasize public affairs, audience engagement, brand trust, AI-first search/GEO, responsible AI, and B2B demand generation, while the most-requested hard skills in the posting sample included project management, social media management, data analysis, content creation, media relations, and public relations. Pure remote content work is the minority here, and the market is more fragmented than glamorous. Most candidates will do better targeting mission-driven institutional employers or complex B2B teams than waiting for a small set of consumer-brand roles.

• Public affairs and institutional communications (high): Government/public sector and non-profit organizations each make up about 15% of sampled demand, and local skill signals emphasize public affairs, brand trust, media relations, and audience engagement.
• B2B tech, consulting, and contractor marketing (high): Software development and IT services/consulting each account for about 15% of sampled demand, and local event signals point to demand generation, customer engagement, buyer-funnel change, and AI-enabled marketing work.
• University and mission-driven employer marketing (moderate): The Johns Hopkins University is one of the most consistently active named employers, and the region's institution-heavy mix rewards stakeholder communication and organized execution.
• Pure editorial and content-only roles (limited): There are pockets of growth, such as The Washington Sun's new magazine launch, but pure content roles are not this market's main hiring engine.

Where to focus: Focus first on communications-heavy roles inside public-sector, nonprofit, university, consulting, and defense-adjacent organizations where project discipline and stakeholder fluency matter as much as creative output.

Roles worth searching next

• Project Coordinator / Program Coordinator: This is the cleanest bridge because the local market heavily rewards project management and cross-functional execution.
• Data Analyst / Insights Analyst: Marketing and communications roles here increasingly value data analysis, reporting, and tool fluency, which makes analytics a plausible pivot lane.
• Proposal Writer / Proposal Manager: The local employer mix includes consulting, IT services, public-sector, and defense-oriented organizations, where persuasive writing, coordination, and deadline control matter.
• Knowledge Management / Content Operations Specialist: This uses content creation, workflow discipline, and increasingly AI-assisted production oversight rather than outward-facing brand work.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): Project management was the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 25%, which tells you many employers want operators, not just idea generators. Who: Everyone, especially coordinators, generalists, and people moving into manager-track roles.
• Social media management and audience engagement (table_stakes | immediate): Social media management showed up in about 15% of local postings, and local market signals highlighted social strategy and audience engagement as current priorities. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates who need visible, portfolio-friendly proof.
• Data analysis and reporting tools (premium | immediate): Data analysis appears among the most-requested local skills, and 2026 digital marketing guidance specifically points to GA4, Google Search Console, and Looker Studio as core tools. Who: Mid-career marketers, communications professionals who want stronger ROI credibility, and career switchers with analytical backgrounds.
• Public relations, media relations, and public affairs (differentiator | immediate): Media relations and public relations each appear in about 10% of local postings, and the local skills conversation is unusually strong around public affairs, brand trust, and stakeholder-facing work. Who: Candidates targeting D.C.-specific employer types such as institutions, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and contractors.
• AI content workflows and prompt design (premium | immediate): AI literacy and application are now treated as core marketing skills, prompt engineering is a high-leverage marketing skill for 2026, and employers increasingly expect AI skills to show up inside existing roles rather than in separate titles. Who: Mid-career applicants and career switchers who need to look current fast.
• Responsible AI, governance, and brand-trust judgment (premium | near-term): Local signals explicitly call out responsible AI and brand trust, and broader 2026 guidance treats AI ethics and governance as critical marketer competencies. Who: Anyone targeting regulated, public-facing, or institution-heavy employers.

Questions about this market

What do Marketing, Communications & Content roles pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

The strongest local wage anchors come from government occupation data rather than posting estimates. In the Washington metro, market research analysts and marketing specialists had a 2025 median wage of $87,160, with the 25th percentile at $65,730 and the 75th percentile at $123,760, while marketing managers had a median wage of $181,260 and a 75th percentile of $233,290. In the current local posting sample, advertised salary ranges center on about $95k to $130k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $72k to $175k. This is a good-paying market, but it is sharply tiered. Washington specialists out-earn the national mean for market research analysts and marketing specialists, at $98,390 locally versus $89,490 nationally.

Where is demand for Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV concentrated?

Real opportunity here is concentrated less in consumer-brand marketing and more in institution-heavy employer types. In the local posting mix, government & public sector, software development, non-profit organizations, and IT services and IT consulting each accounted for about 15% of sampled demand, with defense and space manufacturing at about 10%. The most consistently active employers included The Johns Hopkins University, Booz Allen, Amazon, CoStar Group, Science Applications International Corp., Nightwing, Northrop Grumman, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. That mix changes what "good fit" means. Local signals emphasize public affairs, audience engagement, brand trust, AI-first search/GEO, responsible AI, and B2B demand generation, while the most-requested hard skills in the posting sample included project management, social media management, data analysis, content creation, media relations, and public relations. Pure remote content work is the minority here, and the market is more fragmented than glamorous. Most candidates will do better targeting mission-driven institutional employers or complex B2B teams than waiting for a small set of consumer-brand roles.

Which employers are hiring the most Marketing, Communications & Content talent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Recent postings show the most activity from The Johns Hopkins University (10 postings), Booz Allen (10 postings), Amazon (10 postings), CoStar Group (10 postings), Science Applications International Corp. (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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