Side by side

Account Executive vs Sales Associate

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.5% apart. There is 1.9× more demand for Account Executive. Listings for Sales Associate move faster — median age 30 days against 86.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAccount ExecutiveSales AssociateGap
Open postings36,92319,498+17,425
Posted this week1,7121,157
Median salary$100,500$102,000$-1.5k
25th percentile$79.5k$80.5k
75th percentile$125k$127k
Salary disclosed3.4%6.2%
Remote share10.0%12.5%-2.5pp
Median age of posting86d30d
Open over 60 days39.4%30.8%
Visa sponsorship7.8%4.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

Account Executive

$45k$174k

Sales Associate

$46k$176k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Account Executive

just posted86d median90d+

Sales Associate

just posted30d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Account Executive — technologies

AWS
72.0%
Python
65.8%
React
59.6%
Kotlin
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
Go
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Sales Associate — technologies

Java
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
Salesforce
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
Python
41.0%
Node.js
34.8%

Account Executive — employers

Kestrel Health
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Aperture Labs
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Northwind Systems
5.1%

Sales Associate — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Tidewater Insurance
8.0%
Cobalt Financial
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Meridian Software
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.