Account Executive salary

146 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for account executive roles at mid level across the United States: 1,800 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $87,500 and $180,000, with a median of $122,525.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $69,350, mid-level $122,525, senior $143,100 and lead $173,600. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 150% more.

Location moves the number too. Of the 13 cities with at least 25 postings in USD at mid level, San Francisco has the highest median at $185,000 and Houston the lowest at $97,295, a gap of roughly 90%.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. Every range in the table rests on at least 10 postings.

Every measured range

146 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$56,000 – $81,500	$69,350	81
United States · country-wide	Mid	$87,500 – $180,000	$122,525	1,800
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$75,000 – CA$154,688	CA$96,560	219
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£43,442 – £108,500	£78,375	79
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€83,500 – €129,688	€97,315	40
Italy · country-wide	Mid	€58,500 – €102,200	€80,000	33
France · country-wide	Mid	€86,861 – €150,000	€105,706	25
Spain · country-wide	Mid	€56,865 – €93,125	€69,487	16
Australia · country-wide	Mid	A$110,000 – A$247,800	A$172,500	13
United States · country-wide	Senior	$105,000 – $187,875	$143,100	514
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$91,250 – CA$185,250	CA$113,100	35
Germany · country-wide	Senior	€104,155 – €147,500	€116,000	15
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£82,500 – £120,000	£107,250	13
United States · country-wide	Lead	$141,000 – $204,750	$173,600	74
Remote · United States	Entry	$57,500 – $83,625	$72,302	18
Remote · United States	Mid	$99,550 – $200,000	$136,750	712
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$86,750 – CA$160,938	CA$120,000	47
Remote · Germany	Mid	€92,956 – €159,750	€101,940	16
Remote · United Kingdom	Mid	£68,750 – £135,750	£87,875	15
Remote · United States	Senior	$114,000 – $194,000	$150,000	229
Remote · United States	Lead	$147,444 – $212,947	$173,600	20
Atlanta	Mid	$85,630 – $153,750	$130,000	47
Austin	Mid	$86,260 – $173,000	$115,000	49
Boston	Mid	$87,500 – $166,500	$120,250	76
Boston	Senior	$127,467 – $151,250	$135,000	17
Charlotte	Mid	$83,130 – $136,250	$100,000	15
Chicago	Mid	$77,500 – $157,978	$118,525	140
Chicago	Senior	$110,625 – $200,435	$150,500	42
Columbus	Mid	$60,000 – $137,500	$85,078	21
Dallas	Mid	$91,250 – $177,149	$150,000	31
Denver	Mid	$80,000 – $128,625	$97,313	66
Houston	Mid	$80,625 – $147,669	$97,295	28
Irvine	Mid	$83,125 – $130,875	$98,438	14
London	Mid	£65,000 – £126,250	£99,000	47
Los Angeles	Mid	$79,467 – $151,125	$104,125	66
Los Angeles	Senior	$123,125 – $180,031	$155,263	18
Miami	Mid	$75,000 – $125,000	$92,500	13
Milan	Mid	€55,900 – €95,000	€61,215	16
Minneapolis	Mid	$88,130 – $121,000	$100,000	27
Mississauga	Mid	CA$72,500 – CA$121,250	CA$94,500	14
New York	Mid	$100,883 – $209,394	$145,000	397
New York	Senior	$85,625 – $199,625	$139,500	110
New York	Lead	$141,875 – $208,688	$168,750	28
Paris	Mid	€90,000 – €150,000	€109,243	15
Philadelphia	Mid	$85,000 – $185,000	$112,500	23
Phoenix	Mid	$78,750 – $145,000	$85,880	16
Portland	Mid	$77,125 – $119,640	$95,000	15
Sacramento	Mid	$78,750 – $146,800	$102,259	20
Salt Lake City	Mid	$69,375 – $128,000	$91,000	14
San Diego	Mid	$75,075 – $136,958	$85,880	20
San Francisco	Mid	$140,000 – $260,000	$185,000	221
San Francisco	Senior	$130,000 – $215,500	$160,000	37
San Jose	Mid	$84,350 – $190,456	$134,750	19
Seattle	Mid	$100,000 – $182,250	$144,109	32
Tampa	Mid	$75,000 – $117,000	$86,260	17
Toronto	Mid	CA$83,679 – CA$182,567	CA$140,800	67
Vancouver	Mid	CA$71,450 – CA$141,169	CA$85,000	15
Washington	Mid	$116,250 – $177,750	$145,000	39
Washington	Senior	$123,750 – $324,750	$215,500	15
Washington Dc	Mid	$116,900 – $210,000	$157,050	17

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

Top 60 of 146 ranges by sample size.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

by the team behind remoteroles