Brand managers in the US bill roughly $45 to $120 per hour on vetted marketplaces, $100 to $195 through agencies, and earn $80,000 to $145,000 full-time. Consumer brands with retail distribution pay at the top; early-stage B2B brand work sits lower and is often a project rather than a role.
Vetted marketplace
$45–120
per hour · USA, 2026
Vetted marketplace · like HireDeveloperUSA.com
$45–$120/hour
Development agency
$100–$195/hour
In-house full-time · base salary
$80,000–$145,000/year
Add 25–40% for benefits, payroll taxes and overhead before comparing with hourly brand managers rates.
Junior
$45 – $62/hour
Mid-level
$62 – $90/hour
Senior
$90 – $120/hour
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$45 to $120 per hour on a vetted marketplace, $100 to $195 through an agency, or $80,000 to $145,000 full-time.
A designer produces assets; a brand manager decides what the brand should mean and enforces it. Hiring the second when you needed the first is a common and expensive mistake.
Strategy and identity work for a mid-sized company typically runs $25,000 to $120,000 before rollout, and rollout across a website, packaging, and collateral usually costs more than the identity itself.
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