# Account executive salary: $143,838–$189,350 a year

Every number below comes from 4,249 tracked live postings whose title matches "account executive". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=1,426 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median account executive posting offers $143,838–$189,350 a year (n=1,426).
- 43.1% of the 4,249 live postings matching "account executive" are remote.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 5 | $55,000–$70,000 |
| Mid-level | 322 | $120,000–$155,900 |
| Senior | 637 | $147,900–$193,200 |
| Lead | 11 | $170,000–$185,000 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 800 | $152,000–$192,100 |
| On-site / hybrid | 626 | $132,000–$179,200 |

## Companies hiring account executives

- [Salesforce](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/salesforce) (444)
- [Gartner](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gartner) (243)
- [Toast](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/toast) (207)
- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (133)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (130)
- [Cisco](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/cisco) (125)
- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (113)
- [Cloudflare](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/cloudflare) (112)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "account executive", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 1,426 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Account executive salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median account executive salary?**

Across 1,426 live US postings for account executives with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $143,838–$189,350 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many account executives jobs are remote?**

43.1% of the 1,426 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 0 postings build AI and 3,588 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/account-executive

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/account-executive. Measured November 2026.

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