Sales vs Technical Support

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

Side A

Side B

Technical Support pays about 21% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Sales Technical Support
$85k
$102.9k
$22.8k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $213.1k

Sales

$85,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -45.2%
$155,000 $85,000
$58k 25th
$85k Median
$140k 75th
$35.9k
$200k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $800k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
37.6%
Live roles
7,595

Technical Support

$102,900

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -37.6%
$165,000 $102,900
$73k 25th
$102.9k Median
$138.8k 75th
$55.1k
$175k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $12k – $457.6k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
27.2%
Live roles
1,152

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Renuity $225,000 72
SumUp $272,598 71
CH Chowbus $65,000 67
Charity Link $35,983 56
City Wide Facility Solutions $85,000 42
Neo Financial $29,693 40
LO Lookers $68,150 38
Getwingapp $19,715 35

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $161,000 9
mthree Recruiting Portal $55,500 9
OpenAI $220,000 8
Crusoe $155,000 6
Anthropic $230,000 5
Tailscale $86,551 5
Point72 $186,250 4
GitLab $128,000 4

Sales salary by location

Location Median Roles
Seattle $137,500 38
San Francisco $136,750 206
New York $120,000 317
Los Angeles $115,000 53
Chicago $112,330 87
London $111,388 101
Atlanta $107,920 44
Dublin $94,116 19
Boston $91,500 55
Paris $86,715 4

Technical Support salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $151,908 4
San Francisco $151,250 40
New York $136,000 51
Denver $124,750 6
Seattle $121,275 10
Boston $105,200 6
Chicago $102,500 17
Berlin $99,187 4
Amsterdam $99,187 3
Paris $99,187 3

Sales vs Technical Support: which pays more?

The median for Sales is $85,000 per year (typically $57,995–$140,000), versus $102,900 for Technical Support ($73,000–$138,750). That puts Technical Support about 21% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Sales 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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