Across 749 live US postings for account executives with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $160,000–$210,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured September 2026 · n=749 US postings with salary
Account executive salary: $160,000–$210,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 2,365 tracked live postings whose title matches "account executive". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median account executive posting offers $160,000–$210,000 a year (n=749).
- 43.8% of the 2,365 live postings matching "account executive" are remote.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $60,008–$60,008 |
| Mid-level | 99 | $130,000–$160,000 |
| Senior | 271 | $200,000–$237,000 |
| Lead | 10 | $218,500–$278,100 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 433 | $175,000–$220,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 316 | $150,000–$189,350 |
Companies hiring account executives
Method
US-dollar postings whose title contains "account executive", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 749 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 Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.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 September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.
How many account executives jobs are remote?
43.8% of the 749 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 0 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 1,996 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.