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Salary in Sales in the United States

Market pay levels based on 1 530 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median117 646 $Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average115 260 $Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile106 730 $25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile124 629 $25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile106 730 $
Median117 646 $
Upper quartile124 629 $

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 106 730 $ and 124 629 $.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 124 629 $.
  • The upper quartile is 17% above the lower one.
  • The average is close to the median, so offers are spread evenly.
  • The estimate uses 1 530 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Vacancies with salary

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Lambda United States ·

Account CTO

271 000 – 361 000 $

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Instructure United States ·

Vice President of Sales, Higher Education

250 000 – 300 000 $

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and per…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Instructure United States ·

VP, Partner Ecosystem

250 000 – 290 000 $

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and per…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Toast United States ·

Bilingual Strategic Cuisines Account Executive (Mandarin ) - West Coast

115 000 – 237 000 $

This is a fully remote bilingual Mandarin sales opportunity based out of a personal home office. You must live within a PST time zone. Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Upside United States ·

Senior Strategic Account Executive

178 000 – 200 000 $

Meet Upside: We created Upside to transform brick-and-mortar commerce. Our technology uses the sophistication of online retail—profit measurement, attribution, and incrementality—to provide…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Dutchie United States ·

Account Executive, PNW

144 000 – 188 000 $

About Dutchie Founded in 2017, Dutchie is a comprehensive technology platform powering dispensary operations, while providing consumers with safe and easy access to cannabis. Dutchie aims t…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States

Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (117 646 $) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (115 260 $), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 106 730 $ to 124 629 $ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 106 730 $ and a quarter above 124 629 $.

Where does the data come from?

From 1 530 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 117 646 $ is the market level, above 124 629 $ is the strong quarter, below 106 730 $ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.