Your buyers, defined
Your voice, learned
Search Console, connected
Your CRM, connected
Setup week
Our strategists set it up.
Your buyers, your voice and your numbers, connected and agreed.
Marketing manager salary, or a fraction of one hire
The median marketing manager salary in the US is $166,790 a year. Add tools, and the cost to hire a marketing manager passes $180k.
The First-Month Guarantee. Try your first month. 30‑day money-back guarantee.
How it works →The short answerHire a marketer when you need one person to own strategy, relationships and judgment calls. Choose AI Coworkers when you need SEO, AI answers, LinkedIn, lead research and competitor tracking done every week, for a fraction of one hire. Many teams do both. AI coworkers make an existing marketer more productive. They do not replace them.
Hiring a marketer or AI Coworkers, side by side.
Facts about the other option come from its own sources, listed at the end of this page.
Hiring a marketerAI Coworkers
What it costsMedian salary of $166,790 a year (BLS, May 2025), plus benefits and $20-30k a year in tools.A fraction of one hire.
Time to the first work liveTime to recruit, then time for the new hire to learn your business.Set up in about a week.
Who does the workOne person, who splits their week across every channel.AI coworkers do the weekly work. Our strategists set them up.
Channels coveredDepends on the person. Few are strong at SEO, LinkedIn and lead research at once.SEO, AI answers, content, LinkedIn, lead research and competitor tracking.
Uses your own data (Search Console, CRM)Yes, when they have time to pull and read the reports.Yes. Search Console guides SEO work. Your best customers in the CRM guide lead research.
Sounds like youYes, once they learn your voice.LinkedIn updates are written in the leader's voice. Your team approves every draft.
Who approvesYou or your team, as with any hire.Your team approves everything before it goes live.
Risk to tryA wrong hire can cost months of salary and time.Low. The first month has a 30-day money-back guarantee (conditions apply).
Each one wins somewhere.
An honest answer is the useful one. Here is when to choose each.
Choose hiring a marketer
When hiring a marketer is the better choice
- You need one person to own the marketing plan and answer for it.
- The job is mostly people work: partners, events, sales alignment and internal decisions.
- You want someone in the room every day who builds the in house marketing team over time.
Choose AI Coworkers
When AI Coworkers is
- You need weekly SEO, AI answers, LinkedIn and lead research running in about a week.
- Your budget covers a fraction of one hire, not a full salary plus tools.
- You already have a marketer and want them directing the work instead of doing all of it.
The true cost to hire a marketing manager
$166,790Median US marketing manager salary, a yearSource: BLS, May 2025
1Person, splitting the week across every channel
1 weekTo set up AI Coworkers, with a strategist
1-2 hOf your team's time a week, directing and approving
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the median marketing manager salary at $166,790 a year, as of May 2025. Benefits and payroll costs come on top.
Tools add more. A marketer running SEO, social and lead research often needs $20-30k a year in software.
AI Coworkers costs a fraction of one hire. Your team spends 1-2 hours a week directing and approving.
What switching looks like.
Live in about a week. Your team spends 1-2 hours a week directing and approving.
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Your AI coworkers do the work.
SEO, AI answers, LinkedIn, leads and competitors, from your numbers.
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Your team approves.
Nothing goes out without a yes.
The First-Month Guarantee
Try your first month. 30‑day money-back guarantee.
Expect 30 approved deliverables in your first month. If it isn't right for you, we refund the month. You approve every deliverable, so the quality bar is yours.
*Conditions apply.
Questions, answered.
What is the average marketing manager salary?
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a median of $166,790 a year for marketing managers, as of May 2025. Pay varies by city, industry and seniority.
What does it cost to hire a marketing manager in total?
Salary is only part of it. Add benefits, payroll costs and $20-30k a year in tools. The total for one senior marketer often passes $180k.
Do AI coworkers replace my marketer?
No. They make an existing marketer more productive. Your marketer directs the work and approves it, instead of doing every task by hand.
Can AI Coworkers work alongside an in house marketing team?
Yes. Your team spends 1-2 hours a week directing and approving. The AI coworkers do the weekly SEO, LinkedIn, lead research and competitor tracking.
How fast can we start?
Setup takes about a week. We onboard five companies a month, so start dates depend on open places.
More comparisons.
AI Coworkers
vs a marketing agency
In house vs agency marketing, and a third way.
Read the comparison →AI Coworkersvs a fractional CMO
A fractional CMO sets the plan. Who does the work?.
Read the comparison →AI Coworkersvs ChatGPT and AI chat tools
ChatGPT for marketing writes drafts. Who runs the work?.
Read the comparison →AI Coworkersvs Jasper
Jasper AI alternatives: a tool to run, or work that runs.
Read the comparison →
We onboard five companies a month, because we set up each one ourselves.
A 30-minute call. A strategist will show you what we'd set up for your business.
Book a callOr email Abhishek, the founder: ae@aicoworkers.com