Side-by-side distribution
Account Executive
$141,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46.2%
- Live roles
- 10,277
Sales Engineer
$161,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.5%
- Live roles
- 1,696
Highest-paying jobs
Wholesale Account Executive, National
Founding Account Executive, ANZ
Founding Account Executive, Colombia
Enterprise Account Executive, East
Founding Account Executive, France
Sr. Prospect Account Executive, Payments
Enterprise Account Executive, West
Founding Account Executive, Benelux
Founding Account Executive, Japan
Founding Account Executive, UAE
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Field Sales Engineer
Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales Platform
Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider
Principal Network Sales Engineer
SLED Sales Engineer Central Texas
Sr. Sales Systems Engineer
HPE Networking Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - HPE Networking
Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - Eastern Pennsylvania
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Toast
|
$150,000 | 189 |
T-Mobile
|
$100,600 | 164 |
| GI Goosehead Insurance | $71,500 | 84 |
Grand Canyon University
|
$75,000 | 67 |
Snap! Mobile, Inc.
|
$85,000 | 58 |
Braze
|
$141,500 | 48 |
Travelers
|
$144,750 | 47 |
| SI SHI International | $185,000 | 46 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 36 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 28 |
Cohesity
|
$209,475 | 20 |
Samsara
|
$127,190 | 18 |
Datadog
|
$173,500 | 16 |
Everpure
|
$176,750 | 14 |
|
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
$244,500 | 13 |
Sierra
|
$230,000 | 12 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $230,000 | 20 |
| San Francisco | $217,034 | 60 |
| Singapore | $210,888 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $187,950 | 9 |
| Seattle | $184,150 | 16 |
| New York | $180,000 | 81 |
| Boston | $178,375 | 24 |
| Chicago | $175,175 | 16 |
| Austin | $166,386 | 20 |
| Toronto | $155,193 | 6 |
Account Executive vs Sales Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Account Executive is $141,750 per year (typically $95,000–$209,000), versus $161,950 for Sales Engineer ($119,140–$205,667). That puts Sales Engineer about 14% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Account Executive and Sales Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.