Account Executive vs SDR

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

Account Executive pays about 114% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Account Executive SDR
$150k
$70k
$24.2k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $325.8k

Account Executive

$150,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -4.8%
$157,500 $150,000
$102.5k 25th
$150k Median
$233.4k 75th
$72.5k
$305k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
47.6%
Live roles
7,213

SDR

$70,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -36.4%
$110,000 $70,000
$55k 25th
$70k Median
$90k 75th
$45k
$109k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
33.8%
Live roles
1,785

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Toast $150,000 152
talentpluto $138,750 76
BillionToOne $276,741 57
Samsara $171,000 55
SpotHopper $120,000 44
Verkada $250,000 36
HubSpot $137,730 35
Zscaler $137,700 35

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Remote $61,000 19
talentpluto $100,000 9
HI Hive $70,679 8
YipitData (Alternative) $76,000 7
Okta $74,256 7
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC $60,008 7
PT Piston Technologies $60,000 7
Airwallex $88,321 6

Account Executive salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $246,442 6
San Francisco $200,000 439
London $173,849 100
New York $165,000 676
Austin $160,000 93
Boston $160,000 133
Seattle $155,000 67
Paris $151,356 31
Chicago $140,100 166
Atlanta $140,100 51

SDR salary by location

Location Median Roles
Seattle $95,800 4
San Francisco $92,500 67
Sydney $90,000 3
New York $80,000 104
Los Angeles $80,000 3
Austin $80,000 33
London $79,886 26
Dublin $74,256 7
Berlin $71,466 14
Amsterdam $71,054 13

Account Executive vs SDR: which pays more?

The median for Account Executive is $150,000 per year (typically $102,500–$233,427), versus $70,000 for SDR ($55,000–$90,000). That puts Account Executive about 114% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Account Executive and SDR 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.

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