Account Executive vs Technical Support

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

Side A

Side B

Account Executive pays about 41% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Account Executive Technical Support
$140.6k
$99.4k
$37.1k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $322.2k

Account Executive

$140,625

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -10.7%
$157,500 $140,625
$95k 25th
$140.6k Median
$209k 75th
$71.5k
$302.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.8k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
46.3%
Live roles
10,300

Technical Support

$99,400

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -39.8%
$165,000 $99,400
$73.7k 25th
$99.4k Median
$134.9k 75th
$56.7k
$163.7k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $457.6k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
19.5%
Live roles
3,420

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Toast $150,000 190
T-Mobile $100,600 164
GI Goosehead Insurance $71,500 84
Grand Canyon University $75,000 67
Snap! Mobile, Inc. $85,000 57
Braze $141,500 48
Travelers $144,750 47
SI SHI International $185,000 46

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Applied Materials $128,250 38
KLA $81,962 31
Northrop Grumman $163,700 21
Anduril Industries $161,000 12
OpenAI $220,000 9
Crusoe $150,000 9
mthree Recruiting Portal $56,000 9
PA Parsons $76,055 7

Account Executive salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $202,500 4
San Francisco $195,000 482
Amsterdam $192,427 11
London $190,145 101
Seattle $160,600 86
New York $159,550 773
Boston $157,500 156
Austin $156,250 151
Paris $155,573 20
Atlanta $155,250 93

Technical Support salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $138,600 43
New York $130,000 57
Denver $114,545 8
Dublin $111,000 5
Boston $107,500 12
London $102,132 8
Chicago $96,945 26
Seattle $92,000 11
Toronto $86,885 12
Austin $86,060 17

Account Executive vs Technical Support: which pays more?

The median for Account Executive is $140,625 per year (typically $95,000–$209,000), versus $99,400 for Technical Support ($73,699–$134,900). That puts Account Executive about 41% ahead at the median.

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