Sales / Account Executive compensation
Sales / Account Executive Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Sales / Account Executive salary at AI startups is $170,000, based on 1585 disclosed job postings ($20,800–$820,000 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$20,800Minimum
$170,000Median
$820,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 1585 disclosed salaries.
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Median Sales / Account Executive salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | $750,000 | 47 |
| Series G+ | $272,000 | 226 |
| Series F | $175,000 | 87 |
| Series D | $170,000 | 182 |
| Series A | $162,500 | 174 |
| Series B | $160,000 | 259 |
| Series C | $155,000 | 231 |
| Seed | $150,000 | 21 |
| Series E | $150,000 | 209 |
| Private Equity | $142,500 | 17 |
| Growth | $129,000 | 87 |
| Debt | $108,000 | 25 |
| Later Stage VC | $104,490 | 7 |
| Bootstrapped | $80,250 | 5 |
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How we calculate this
Roughly a quarter of AI-startup postings disclose pay. We extract the USD range from those that do, normalize each to a midpoint, and aggregate across distinct postings (deduplicated by posting ID). The minimum, median, and maximum above are based on 1585 disclosed salaries. We publish aggregate ranges only, never a single company's salary, so the numbers stay representative rather than anecdotal.
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