Across 2,229 live US postings for sales roles with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $170,000–$235,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured September 2026 · n=2,229 US postings with salary
Sales salary: $170,000–$235,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 6,616 tracked live sales postings. No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median sales posting offers $170,000–$235,000 a year (n=2,229, USD).
- 44.4% of the 6,616 live sales postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $170,000–$300,000 a year — the median alone hides how wide that spread is.
- Level 4 sales roles (building AI systems) list $184,000–$287,500, vs $154,875–$205,000 at Level 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 2 | $55,120–$55,120 |
| Junior | 83 | $77,520–$100,000 |
| Mid-level | 362 | $140,000–$182,975 |
| Senior | 985 | $180,000–$250,000 |
| Lead | 171 | $198,000–$272,000 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 1,136 | $170,000–$225,500 |
| On-site / hybrid | 1,093 | $168,000–$241,000 |
Building AI vs working around it
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Level 4 — Build AI systems | 41 | $184,000–$287,500 |
| Level 1 — Work around AI | 1,483 | $154,875–$205,000 |
Companies hiring sales roles
Method
US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 2,229 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: sales postings at tech companies tracked by Level (6,616 live postings in this category on the measured date). Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.
All amounts are USD per year. Every median and quartile below excludes hourly-rate postings (a listed maximum under $1,000, almost always an hourly rate, not a salary) and mid-range postings that are neither clearly hourly nor clearly annual (maximum between $1,000 and $10,000) — mixing either into an annual median would understate the real number. The middle 50% of postings top out between $170,000–$300,000 (25th–75th percentile).
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor) — Sales Managers (SOC 11-2022.00).
How many sales roles jobs are remote?
44.4% of the 2,229 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 109 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 4,809 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.