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Account Executive pay

Disclosed yearly base-pay ranges in current Account Executive listings at U.S. AI companies and labs, from the employers’ own job listings. 138 of 319 current listings (43%) disclose one; 94 of those appear only in the job description. Listings last checked Oct 19, 2026.

The figures

Listings with disclosed pay
138
of 319 current listings
Median of range midpoints
$320K
a year, base pay
Middle range (25th–75th percentile)
$244K–$345K
half of the midpoints fall here
Remote
19%
26 of the listings with pay

Which titles count: A listing counts when its title contains “account executive”, AE, or “account director”. Recruiting roles are left out. Matching is on the title only, not the job description, so listings with unusual titles may be missed.

All current Account Executive jobs, with or without pay

The listings behind these figures

Account Executive listings with disclosed pay, highest midpoint first
JobEmployerLocationYearly rangeMidpointPay from
Manager, Account Executive - Hedge FundsAnthropicNew York City, NY$450,000–$550,000$500KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, DoW/ICAnthropicWashington, DC$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian SalesAnthropicWashington, DC$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian Sales - Commerce & InteriorAnthropicWashington, DC$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian Sales - Transport & LandAnthropicWashington, DC$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Partners SalesAnthropicWashington, DC$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, Asset & Wealth ManagementAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, BankingAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, GSIAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, HealthcareAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, IndustriesAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, InsuranceAnthropicNew York City, NY$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, TechAnthropicSan Francisco, CA$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, TechAnthropicSeattle, WA$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Strategic Growth Account ExecutiveAnthropicSan Francisco, CA$380,000–$450,000$415KDescription
Account Director, Startups ExpansionOpenAISan Francisco$378,000–$441,000$410KFeed
Account Executive, Enterprise (Public Sector - Federal)HarveyRemote$400,000–$400,000$400KFeed
Account Executive, Enterprise (Public Sector - State & Local)HarveyWashington DC$400,000–$400,000$400KFeed
Senior Majors Account Executive (Apple) - San Francisco/Bay AreaCloudflareHybrid$360,000–$400,000$380KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive (Google) - San Francisco/Bay AreaCloudflareHybrid$360,000–$400,000$380KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive (Meta) - San Francisco/Bay AreaCloudflareHybrid$360,000–$400,000$380KDescription
Strategic Account Executive - Retail verticalDatabricksRemote$311,600–$428,450$370KDescription
Strategic Core Account Executive - RetailDatabricksRemote$311,600–$428,450$370KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - Financial ServicesDatabricksNew York City, New York$311,600–$428,450$370KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, Life SciencesDatabricksRemote +1$311,600–$428,450$370KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, Life SciencesAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$290,000–$450,000$370KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive, New YorkCloudflareHybrid$350,000–$380,000$365KDescription
Strategic Core Account ExecutiveDatabricksSan Francisco, California$350,000–$380,000$365KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive (IBM), New YorkCloudflareHybrid$330,000–$380,000$355KDescription
Strategic Account ExecutiveDatabricksSan Francisco, California +1$330,000–$375,000$353KDescription
Enterprise Account ExecutiveCrusoeNew York, Ny - Us$300,000–$400,000$350KDescription
Enterprise Account ExecutiveCrusoeSan Francisco, Ca - Us$300,000–$400,000$350KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, Life SciencesDatabricksRemote +2$291,800–$401,300$347KDescription
Strategic account executive (Central)WriterAustin, TX +5$340,000–$350,000$345KFeed
Strategic account executive (East)WriterAtlanta, GA +8$340,000–$350,000$345KFeed
Strategic account executive (West)WriterDenver, CO +3$340,000–$350,000$345KFeed
Senior Majors Account Executive - San Francisco, Bay AreaCloudflareHybrid$320,000–$360,000$340KDescription
Enterprise/Sr. Enterprise Account ExecutiveRunwayRemote +1$300,000–$375,000$338KFeed
Senior Majors Account Executive - ChicagoCloudflareDistributed$294,000–$380,000$337KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive - MinnesotaCloudflareDistributed$294,000–$380,000$337KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive - WisconsinCloudflareDistributed$294,000–$380,000$337KDescription
Mid-Market Account Executive, TechAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$290,000–$380,000$335KDescription
Scaled Enterprise Account Executive, IndustriesAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$290,000–$380,000$335KDescription
Scaled Growth Account Executive, AI NativeAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$290,000–$380,000$335KDescription
Senior Majors Account Executive - St. Louis, MOCloudflareHybrid$320,000–$350,000$335KDescription
Strategic Account ExecutiveTogether AISan Francisco, New York City$300,000–$370,000$335KDescription
Account Director, Higher EducationOpenAIRemote +3$305,000–$352,000$329KFeed
Mid-Market Account Executive, IndustriesAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$290,000–$360,000$325KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive - CPGDatabricksNortheast - United States$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive - GamingDatabricksNevada$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive - Sports (CMEG Vertical)DatabricksUnited States$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal CivilianDatabricksRemote$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, Federal HealthDatabricksRemote$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive, HealthcareDatabricksRemote +3$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Named Hunter Account Executive - Digital NativesDatabricksAustin, Texas +7$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, Space ForceDatabricksRemote +1$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Core Account Executive - CMEG - TelcoDatabricksRemote +1$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Core Account Executive - CPGDatabricksRemote$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Core Account Executive, Federal System IntegratorsDatabricksRemote$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - CMEGDatabricksRemote$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, HealthcareDatabricksRemote +1$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, HealthcareDatabricksRemote +2$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, Life SciencesDatabricksChicago, Illinois +1$272,000–$374,000$323KDescription
Enterprise Account ExecutivePerplexityAustin +2$240,000–$400,000$320KFeed
Account Executive, FedCivCloudflareHybrid$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Account Executive, SLED (DC Metro)CloudflareDistributed$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Account Executive, SLED (PacNW)CloudflareDistributed$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Named Account Executive, MD/VA/DCCloudflareDistributed$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Named Account Executive, SeattleCloudflareDistributed$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Territory Account Executive, SeattleCloudflareHybrid$269,000–$370,000$320KDescription
Senior Digital Native Named Account Executive (SF)CloudflareHybrid$284,000–$347,000$316KDescription
Account Executive - EnterpriseBasetenSan Francisco$300,000–$330,000$315KFeed
Account Executive - EnterpriseBasetenNew York$300,000–$330,000$315KFeed
Enterprise Account ExecutiveFireworks AIRemote +1$300,000–$330,000$315KFeed
Enterprise Account Executive, NYCGleanNew York, NY$280,000–$350,000$315KDescription
Strategic Account Executive, AI NativeFireworks AISan Francisco$300,000–$330,000$315KFeed
Senior Named Account Executive (AI & Digital Natives)CloudflareHybrid$269,000–$360,000$315KDescription
Senior Named Account Executive - High Tech (NY Metro)CloudflareHybrid$269,000–$360,000$315KDescription
Senior Named Account Executive, IdahoCloudflareDistributed$232,000–$370,000$301KDescription
Account Executive - EnterpriseModalLondon +2$300,000–$300,000$300KFeed
Account Executive, APIPerplexityNew York City +1$200,000–$400,000$300KFeed
Federal Account Director, National SecurityOpenAIWashington, DC$261,000–$335,000$298KFeed
Senior Named Account Executive, New YorkCloudflareHybrid$266,000–$321,000$294KDescription
Named Hunter Enterprise Account Executive, HealthcareDatabricksNortheast - United States +1$245,200–$337,150$291KDescription
Enterprise account executive (West)WriterDenver, CO +3$280,000–$300,000$290KFeed
Senior Territory Account Executive, San FranciscoCloudflareHybrid$244,000–$336,000$290KDescription
Account Executive - StrategicBasetenNew York$270,000–$300,000$285KFeed
Account Executive - StrategicBasetenSan Francisco$270,000–$300,000$285KFeed
Enterprise Account ExecutiveReplitNYC (SoHo)$270,000–$300,000$285KFeed
Senior Account Executive, Startups (San Francisco)CloudflareHybrid$234,000–$336,000$285KDescription
Senior Account Executive, Startups (NY Metro)CloudflareHybrid$234,000–$321,000$278KDescription
Senior Account Executive, Startups (SoCal)CloudflareDistributed$234,000–$321,000$278KDescription
Senior Account Executive, Startups (Southeast)CloudflareDistributed$234,000–$321,000$278KDescription
Senior Territory Account Executive (NYC)CloudflareHybrid$234,000–$321,000$278KDescription
Account Director, Digital Native Large EnterpriseOpenAIRemote +2$176,000–$350,000$263KFeed
Account Director, Digital Native EnterpriseOpenAIRemote +3$234,900–$290,000$262KFeed
Account Executive, AI Native TeamFireworks AINew York$240,000–$280,000$260KFeed
Account Executive, AI Native TeamFireworks AINew York +2$240,000–$280,000$260KFeed
Senior Account Executive, AI Native TeamFireworks AINew York +2$240,000–$280,000$260KFeed
Account Executive, AI NativeAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$222,800–$290,000$256KDescription
Account Executive, StartupsAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$222,800–$290,000$256KDescription
Growth Account Executive, AI NativeAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$222,800–$290,000$256KDescription
Growth Account Executive, StartupsAnthropicNew York City, NY +1$222,800–$290,000$256KDescription
Account Executive, Mid-MarketHarveyBoston$240,000–$240,000$240KFeed
Account Executive, Mid-MarketHarveyNew York$240,000–$240,000$240KFeed
Account Executive, Mid-MarketHarveySan Francisco$240,000–$240,000$240KFeed
Account Director, Digital Native New BusinessOpenAIRemote +3$189,000–$290,000$240KFeed
High Growth Enterprise Account ExecutiveSierraNew York, NY +1$205,000–$250,000$228KFeed
Enterprise Account ExecutiveScale AISan Francisco, CA$200,000–$240,000$220KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive (Financial Services)Scale AINew York, NY +1$200,000–$240,000$220KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive (Healthcare & Life Sciences)Scale AINew York, NY +1$200,000–$240,000$220KDescription
Starlink Enterprise Account Director, AviationSpaceXHawthorne, CA$180,000–$260,000$220KDescription
Starlink Enterprise Account Director, AviationSpaceXWoodinville, WA$180,000–$260,000$220KDescription
Starlink Enterprise Account Director, AviationSpaceXRedmond, WA$180,000–$260,000$220KDescription
Account Director, Financial ServicesOpenAINew York City$189,000–$240,000$215KFeed
Account Director, HealthcareOpenAINew York City +2$189,000–$240,000$215KFeed
Account Director, Large EnterpriseOpenAINew York City +2$189,000–$240,000$215KFeed
Account Director, Life SciencesOpenAINew York City +1$189,000–$240,000$215KFeed
Account Executive - AI NativeBasetenNew York$180,000–$230,000$205KFeed
Account Executive - AI NativeBasetenSan Francisco$180,000–$230,000$205KFeed
Commercial Account ExecutiveCartesia*HQ - San Francisco, CA$180,000–$230,000$205KFeed
Commercial Account ExecutivePerplexityAustin +2$180,000–$230,000$205KFeed
Account Director, Digital Natives GrowthOpenAISan Francisco$189,000–$220,500$205KFeed
Account DirectorCognitionAustin, Texas +2$180,000–$220,000$200KFeed
Account Director, CyberOpenAISan Francisco$200,000–$200,000$200KFeed
Technical Account DirectorAdobeChicago +1$141,300–$254,200$198KDescription
Scaled Commercial Account Executive, Install baseVercelHybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$174,000–$221,000$198KDescription
Account Executive - GreenfieldCoreWeaveChicago, IL / Seattle, WA / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA / Toronto, ON$165,000–$195,000$180KDescription
SMB Account ExecutiveHarveyChicago$180,000–$180,000$180KFeed
SMB Account ExecutiveHarveyNew York$180,000–$180,000$180KFeed
New Logo Account Executive - Retail - IL/OHServiceNowChicago, Illinois, United States$137,280–$204,500$171KDescription
Sr Federal Enterprise Account Executive - DAFServiceNowRemote$137,200–$186,050$162KDescription
Sr CRM Account Executive - Financial ServicesServiceNowRemote$137,000–$185,050$161KDescription
Sr Federal Enterprise Account Executive - FinanceServiceNowVienna, Virgina, United States$129,900–$188,500$159KDescription
Sr Enterprise Account Executive - RetailServiceNowRemote$130,650–$179,550$155KDescription
Account Director, Enterprise (East)CognitionAustin, Texas +2$150,000–$160,000$155KFeed
Enterprise Account Executive - Life SciencesServiceNowRemote$114,400–$188,750$152KDescription
Enterprise Account Executive – Warehouse Robotics (North America)Skild AIRemote$150,000–$150,000$150KDescription

All 138 listings with pay. Every listing with pay in the Jobs directory (the directory’s “shows pay” also includes hourly and other pay).

How these figures are computed

Method. Only pay employers disclose: the yearly U.S.-dollar base range in the employer’s job feed, or, when the feed gives none, a range stated in the employer’s own job description (labelled “description”). Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range (a listing with several location tiers spans its lowest to its highest figure). The median and the middle range (25th to 75th percentile) are of those midpoints. Listings are the current ones in the Jobs directory’s default view: a U.S. location, or no location that can be read.

Left out. Hourly, monthly, open-ended (“up to”), and non-dollar pay; ranges the employer labels as on-target earnings (base plus commission), bonus, equity, or total compensation; ranges with a lower end under $10,000 or an upper end over $2,000,000 a year (not plausible as a yearly base). Nothing is converted, annualized, or estimated. A group is shown only with at least 10 listings with pay.

Caveats. Posted ranges are what employers advertise, not what anyone is paid; many employers (and many states) post wide ranges, and listings without pay are not represented. Sales roles often state on-target earnings (base plus commission) without labelling them, so their figures may include commission. Role groups come from title rules, not job descriptions. There is no trend yet: USASI keeps no history of listings or pay, so each figure is for the listings current when this page was built.

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