Data & press
Free tech sales pay data you can quote, chart and embed. Updated October 28, 2026.
Key numbers
- OTE Jobs tracks 13,057 open tech sales jobs at 1520 companies; 2,115 were posted in the last 7 days.
- The median US tech sales job posting pays $172k (midpoint of posted range, 5,679 postings).
- The median stated OTE for Account Executives is $230k; for SDRs/BDRs $85k.
- 75% of US tech sales postings list a pay range; 31% of those state OTE rather than base.
- Remote US sales postings have a median of $171k vs $172k for hybrid/onsite (-1%).
- Sales roles at AI and data companies post a median of $232k vs $166k elsewhere in tech.
- District of Columbia has the highest median posted sales pay of any state ($215k).
How to cite
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