Account Executive salary
What an account executive actually earns, from 1,625 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see account executive pay in the 4 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An account executive earns a blended US median near 146,123 dollars, with the typical middle running from 106,326 dollars to 214,388 dollars. The official OEWS median is 66,260 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 18 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 95,505 dollars to 127,850 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 21% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is customer success manager, at 81 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open account executive roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Account Executive Mid-Market - Italy at AlmaItaly · RemoteTodayApply
Sales Manager - Software Vertrieb w/m/x at HeavenhrBerlin, GermanyTodayApply
(Senior) Account Manager (m/w/d) at FriendventureBerlinTodayApply
Account Manager - Groceries & Retail at DeliverooParis - Main OfficeTodayApply- Business Development Manager - Strasbourg at DeliverooStrasbourgTodayApply
- Business Development Manager - Lyon at DeliverooLyon - Place Amedee BonnetTodayApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$106,326$146,123$214,388
- Canada$65,000$91,000$162,500
- United Kingdom$52,528$64,807$81,862
- Australia$71,675$89,594$107,512
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New York$167,445
- California$145,774
- Massachusetts$80,870
- Washington$80,530
- Colorado$79,990
- New Jersey$78,380
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an account executive profile already covers.
- 166 open growth marketer roles$147,947 median · +$1,824 · 45% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an account executive.
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Related salaries
- Customer Success Manager salary$104,796 median
- Sales Representative salary$73,936 median
- Marketing Manager salary$137,211 median
Quick answers
How much does an account executive make?
The blended US median is about 146,123 dollars, with a typical range from 106,326 dollars to 214,388 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 66,260 dollars.
Is account executive a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 21% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an account executive move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is customer success manager, at 81 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 41-3091. Live corpus 1,625 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.