Account Manager vs Solutions Engineer

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

Side A

Side B

Solutions Engineer pays about 39% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Account Manager Solutions Engineer
$121.9k
$169.3k
$45.8k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $251.7k

Account Manager

$121,910

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -12.6%
$139,500 $121,910
$82.1k 25th
$121.9k Median
$157.1k 75th
$60k
$192.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $4,800k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
38.1%
Live roles
4,011

Solutions Engineer

$169,250

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -3.3%
$175,000 $169,250
$134.2k 25th
$169.3k Median
$203.8k 75th
$105k
$237.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $999k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
43.4%
Live roles
1,243

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
EquipmentShare $375,000 137
AT Axsome Therapeutics $125,000 94
Esri $135,200 54
BridgeBio Pharma $182,500 48
Human Interest $135,000 28
Block $154,300 16
City Wide Facility Solutions $70,625 16
Pinterest $124,082 14

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Esri $104,988 48
Snowflake $190,781 22
Netskope $185,750 16
Okta $237,500 13
Anduril Industries $256,000 10
Grafana Labs $229,000 9
OpenAI $249,500 8
Cloudflare $192,837 8

Account Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
Austin $154,500 23
San Francisco $142,500 135
Seattle $138,600 22
Denver $135,200 56
New York $117,500 229
Boston $110,000 44
Chicago $108,000 81
London $105,991 47
Los Angeles $105,840 40
Atlanta $105,840 22

Solutions Engineer salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $201,650 100
New York $185,000 97
Seattle $172,500 16
Boston $171,688 16
Chicago $156,626 18
Los Angeles $156,251 14
Austin $151,801 14
Amsterdam $148,757 3
Dublin $144,345 3
Atlanta $143,438 10

Account Manager vs Solutions Engineer: which pays more?

The median for Account Manager is $121,910 per year (typically $82,120–$157,109), versus $169,250 for Solutions Engineer ($134,167–$203,750). That puts Solutions Engineer about 39% ahead at the median.

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

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