Sales Leadership salary

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

The best-evidenced figure here is for sales leadership roles at lead level across the United States: 850 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $150,000 and $240,375, with a median of $192,500.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $136,500, senior $154,999 and lead $192,500. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 41% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 29 of the 60 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

69 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$107,500 – $183,711	$136,500	514
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$105,000 – CA$155,000	CA$122,500	53
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£43,750 – £69,172	£54,857	15
Italy · country-wide	Mid	€55,801 – €80,000	€64,500	12
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€60,256 – €89,581	€85,924	6hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$135,000 – $192,000	$154,999	113
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$154,913 – CA$187,647	CA$161,500	8hint
United States · country-wide	Lead	$150,000 – $240,375	$192,500	850
Canada · country-wide	Lead	CA$145,000 – CA$200,000	CA$164,250	42
United Kingdom · country-wide	Lead	£85,000 – £110,000	£105,175	19
Germany · country-wide	Lead	€144,245 – €177,760	€168,000	9hint
Italy · country-wide	Lead	€82,500 – €105,625	€91,250	6hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$106,443 – $172,500	$134,000	154
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$101,250 – CA$144,525	CA$110,000	15
Remote · United States	Senior	$140,000 – $196,675	$168,400	37
Remote · United States	Lead	$157,500 – $237,500	$198,200	313
Remote · Canada	Lead	CA$174,375 – CA$246,375	CA$210,000	7hint
Atlanta	Mid	$78,125 – $131,736	$95,381	12
Atlanta	Lead	$147,000 – $211,600	$184,401	16
Austin	Mid	$117,400 – $172,500	$151,500	7hint
Austin	Lead	$182,750 – $301,875	$231,050	12
Boston	Mid	$130,000 – $182,500	$137,500	9hint
Boston	Lead	$155,000 – $257,500	$185,510	21
Charlotte	Mid	$90,843 – $140,313	$116,111	6hint
Charlotte	Lead	$161,100 – $255,000	$195,000	7hint
Chicago	Mid	$115,000 – $167,500	$150,000	13
Chicago	Senior	$144,500 – $210,000	$162,050	5hint
Chicago	Lead	$146,902 – $219,075	$182,850	24
Dallas	Mid	$115,000 – $166,100	$152,500	11
Dallas	Lead	$139,750 – $247,269	$170,000	15
Denver	Mid	$107,000 – $173,000	$153,650	11
Denver	Senior	$111,375 – $144,500	$143,000	5hint
Denver	Lead	$146,750 – $219,263	$190,000	11
El Segundo	Lead	$165,000 – $220,000	$207,000	5hint
Houston	Mid	$103,750 – $136,250	$122,500	8hint
Houston	Lead	$157,500 – $235,000	$168,000	5hint
Irvine	Lead	$151,550 – $198,835	$162,500	7hint
London	Lead	£74,200 – £110,000	£90,000	9hint
Los Angeles	Mid	$121,000 – $186,560	$163,800	9hint
Los Angeles	Lead	$153,750 – $211,875	$170,000	22
Minneapolis	Lead	$135,950 – $203,725	$185,000	9hint
Mississauga	Mid	CA$97,500 – CA$123,849	CA$120,000	9hint
New York	Mid	$130,000 – $270,000	$177,500	49
New York	Senior	$146,875 – $192,875	$177,000	14
New York	Lead	$167,553 – $248,213	$193,750	144
Philadelphia	Mid	$113,750 – $184,635	$150,000	7hint
Phoenix	Mid	$158,373 – $207,890	$174,075	6hint
Sacramento	Mid	$110,525 – $155,996	$115,000	7hint
Salt Lake City	Mid	$102,500 – $172,030	$132,000	7hint
San Francisco	Mid	$168,515 – $325,000	$275,000	34
San Francisco	Lead	$181,000 – $371,750	$243,213	46
San Jose	Mid	$115,500 – $197,313	$145,600	8hint
San Jose	Lead	$188,500 – $293,177	$202,500	9hint
Santa Clara	Lead	$196,118 – $226,031	$214,688	6hint
Seattle	Mid	$85,000 – $186,560	$152,500	13
Seattle	Lead	$136,750 – $196,000	$185,500	7hint
Toronto	Lead	CA$134,950 – CA$181,000	CA$163,000	16
Vancouver	Lead	CA$145,000 – CA$182,500	CA$152,500	6hint
Washington	Mid	$120,000 – $227,500	$145,000	7hint
Washington	Lead	$131,834 – $219,063	$167,750	12

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Top 60 of 69 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.

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