Tech sales pay report: week 42, 2026
What US tech companies are posting for AEs, SDRs, SEs and sales leaders right now, from 1,831 open roles. Updated 2026-10-17.
The numbers
- $156k median posted pay across 1,549 US tech sales jobs that list pay
- 32% of 1,831 open US sales roles are fully remote
- 42% of postings with pay state it as OTE (base + target commission)
- VP / Director of Sales pays the most ($241k median); SDR / BDR the least ($76k)
- Best-paying state for AEs: District of Columbia ($266k median)
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Highest-paying roles this week
- SVP, Sales - Americas · New Relic $580k OTE
- Vice President of Enterprise Sales, East · Okta $560k OTE
- Head of National Security Sales (DoW/IC) · Anthropic $550k OTE
- Head of State and Local Government Sales · Anthropic $550k OTE
- Senior Director, Solutions Architecture — Americas · Cohere $540k
Sales Pay Report 2026: every cut, one download
Percentiles (P10–P90) by role, state and remote/hybrid/onsite, top-paying companies, OTE vs base, plus a spreadsheet of all 1,549 postings behind it. Instant PDF + CSV.
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What is the average tech sales salary in 2026?
The median posted pay across 1,549 US tech sales job postings with pay is $156k (middle 50%: $115k–$230k), as of 2026-10-17.
Which sales role pays the most?
VP / Director of Sales: $241k; Sales Engineer: $180k; Sales Manager: $178k; Account Executive: $148k; SDR / BDR: $76k (median posted pay).
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How is the data collected?
OTE Jobs reads pay ranges that employers post on their own public job boards (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) every 3 hours. Pay is the midpoint of the posted range in USD per year; OTE is labelled when the posting says on-target earnings.