Business Development Manager salary
What a business development manager actually earns, from 201 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 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see business development manager pay in the 2 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
A business development manager earns a blended US median near 135,901 dollars, with the typical middle running from 101,849 dollars to 185,125 dollars. The official OEWS median is 81,270 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 9 percent since 2021. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 85,000 dollars to 154,425 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 18% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is sales representative, at 83 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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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$101,849$135,901$185,125
- United Kingdom$52,493$66,898$95,329
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$93,450
- Colorado$89,860
- Virginia$85,800
- New York$84,310
- California$83,820
- Pennsylvania$81,340
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a business development manager profile already covers.
- 3779 open account executive roles$141,107 median · +$5,206 · 73% readiness
- 322 open general manager roles$137,611 median · +$1,710 · 58% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a business development manager.
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Quick answers
How much does a business development manager make?
The blended US median is about 135,901 dollars, with a typical range from 101,849 dollars to 185,125 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 81,270 dollars.
Is business development manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 18% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a business development manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is sales representative, at 83 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 13-1199. Live corpus 201 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.