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 40% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Account Executive Technical Support
$150k
$107.5k
$34k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $325.1k

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

Technical Support

$107,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -34.8%
$165,000 $107,500
$72.5k 25th
$107.5k Median
$137.5k 75th
$54.1k
$175k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $382.5k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
29.2%
Live roles
1,204

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Toast $150,000 155
talentpluto $138,750 76
BillionToOne $276,741 57
Samsara $171,000 55
SpotHopper $120,000 44
HubSpot $137,730 35
Verkada $250,000 34
Zscaler $139,197 34

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Crusoe $142,500 15
mthree Recruiting Portal $55,750 10
OpenAI $220,000 6
Anduril Industries $161,000 6
Tailscale $119,728 6
Snowflake $116,650 5
Delinea $12,784 5
Sentry $112,294 4

Account Executive salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $246,442 6
San Francisco $200,000 435
London $165,309 97
New York $163,500 684
Boston $160,000 135
Seattle $155,000 65
Austin $151,750 96
Paris $151,356 32
Chicago $142,500 173
Atlanta $140,100 54

Technical Support salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $148,750 50
New York $135,000 46
Singapore $127,996 3
Atlanta $116,650 4
Boston $114,500 5
Chicago $102,500 18
London $100,760 13
Seattle $97,608 8
Denver $94,500 11
Austin $88,400 7

Account Executive vs Technical Support: which pays more?

The median for Account Executive is $150,000 per year (typically $102,500–$233,427), versus $107,500 for Technical Support ($72,500–$137,500). That puts Account Executive about 40% 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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