CMA Salary and Career Benchmark Report Reveals Mid-Career Pay Plateau and Fixable Issues

The CMA Salary + Career Benchmark Report is LIVE! DIG INTO THE SALARY REPORT DATA HERE Inside the interactive data experience, you can benchmark your salary against your CMA peers, of course. But what really stood out to me? The career trajectory data. TL;DR: In B2B marketing, the biggest pay jump tends to hit mid-career (about a 33.5% bump, based on 2025 Exit Five data). In CMA, that jump… doesn’t really happen. Salaries tend to plateau right when you’d expect them to accelerate. The upside: our research points to five structural issues driving that plateau. Even better, they’re all fixable. Take a peek, let me know what you think!! CC Mary Green