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Account Executive Salary & Career Guide

What 2,600 live Account Executive postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
2,600
Employers
790
Remote
41%
Typical pay
$72k–175k
Verified live (7d)
2,548

Pay is advertised by 61% of these postings (1,592 of 2,600 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$100k527
3–5 years$100k486
6–9 years$125k119
10+ years$149k53

Skills in demand

Across 1,403 account executive postings that named at least one skill

  • Customer Relationship Management52%
  • Microsoft Outlook24%
  • Cisco Webex2.4%
  • WhatsApp0.9%
  • Google Meet0.7%
  • Skype0.7%
  • Google Ads0.6%
  • Airtable0.5%
  • PayPal0.4%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 1,682 postings stated one

0–2 years
40%
3–5 years
44%
6–9 years
10%
10+ years
5.3%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 1,908 postings stated one

Remote
51%
Hybrid
35%
On-site
14%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 643 postings stated one

High school
49%
Associate
0.8%
Bachelor's
47%
Master's
1.4%
Doctorate
1.7%

Employers hiring for this

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