Tax Manager salary

14 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for tax manager roles at mid level across the United States: 105 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $127,500 and $157,500, with a median of $140,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $140,000 and senior $178,990. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 28% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 9 of the 14 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

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14 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$127,500 – $157,500	$140,000	105
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$109,700 – CA$114,513	CA$111,675	8hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$156,675 – $210,375	$178,990	43
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$142,500 – CA$157,050	CA$152,850	6hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$131,119 – $155,500	$139,250	16
Remote · United States	Senior	$166,886 – $194,788	$169,575	6hint
Chicago	Mid	$131,563 – $146,775	$139,825	10
Chicago	Senior	$157,513 – $193,888	$181,125	8hint
Dallas	Senior	$153,800 – $186,910	$174,345	6hint
Los Angeles	Mid	$123,900 – $137,900	$129,250	9hint
New York	Mid	$125,625 – $142,075	$136,500	18
New York	Senior	$181,125 – $189,550	$181,125	5hint
San Jose	Mid	$151,200 – $160,000	$152,500	5hint
Toronto	Mid	CA$109,700 – CA$113,350	CA$113,350	5hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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Open tax manager roles · 253 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $95,400–$253,000scale $50,000–$360,000

Tax Manager Gartner · Fort Myers New $94,000–$134,000 today

International Tax Manager Workday · Ireland, Dublin New €88,300–€132,500 today Senior Tax Manager Att · Dallas New $105,600–$158,400 1d ago Senior Tax Manager Baker Tilly · Remote · US New $127,100–$216,200 1d ago Tax Manager Baker Tilly · Remote · US New $108,000–$161,200 1d ago Tax Manager - Private Company Rsm · Kansas City New $95,400–$180,400 1d ago International Tax Manager ESAB · Bethesda New $158,039–$184,319 2d ago Tax Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · Raleigh New $95,400–$180,400 2d ago Tax Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · Salt Lake City New $95,400–$180,400 2d ago

International Income Tax Manager StubHub · New York New $150,000–$180,000 2d ago Tax Senior Manager Baker Tilly · USA CO Denver 675 15th Street New $116,500–$198,200 3d ago State & Local Tax Senior Manager- Indirect Tax Baker Tilly · USA MA Tewksbury New $115,000–$227,900 3d ago Tax Manager Baker Tilly · Madison New $90,000–$134,400 3d ago Tax Manager/Director Cliftonlarsonallen · Connection Center-Tempe New $107,000–$175,000 3d ago Tax Senior Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · San Francisco New $126,100–$253,000 3d ago Tax Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · San Francisco New $95,400–$180,400 3d ago Tax Senior Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · Dallas New $126,100–$253,000 3d ago Tax Senior Manager - Private Equity Portfolio Company Rsm · Los Angeles New $126,100–$253,000 3d ago

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