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 1207 disclosed job postings ($25,000–$557,500 range). Updated September 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$25,000Minimum
$170,000Median
$557,500Maximum
Sample size: based on 1207 disclosed salaries.
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Median Sales / Account Executive salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | $305,250 | 7 |
| Series F | $283,750 | 40 |
| Series G+ | $272,000 | 195 |
| Debt | $261,500 | 18 |
| Series D | $170,500 | 148 |
| Series E | $157,375 | 134 |
| Series B | $150,000 | 257 |
| Series C | $150,000 | 208 |
| Seed | $150,000 | 21 |
| Growth | $130,000 | 21 |
| Series A | $129,000 | 129 |
| Series G | $113,755 | 6 |
| Private Equity | $76,200 | 14 |
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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 1207 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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