Side by side

Customer Success Manager vs SDR

SDR pays more: a median of $101,500 against $93,000. There is 2.3× more demand for SDR. Listings for Customer Success Manager move faster — median age 54 days against 91.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCustomer Success ManagerSDRGap
Open postings15,33835,151-19,813
Posted this week1,2163,152
Median salary$93,000$101,500$-8.5k
25th percentile$73.5k$80k
75th percentile$116k$126k
Salary disclosed6.9%5.3%
Remote share5.7%9.3%-3.6pp
Median age of posting54d91d
Open over 60 days36.1%50.5%
Visa sponsorship9.8%13.6%
Pay

Pay distribution

Customer Success Manager

$42k$161k

SDR

$46k$176k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Customer Success Manager

just posted54d median90d+

SDR

just posted91d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Customer Success Manager — technologies

Swift
72.0%
React
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Kotlin
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
Python
41.0%
AWS
34.8%

SDR — technologies

Go
72.0%
Python
65.8%
SQL
59.6%
React
53.4%
Salesforce
47.2%
Terraform
41.0%
Java
34.8%

Customer Success Manager — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Kestrel Health
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Aperture Labs
5.1%

SDR — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Cobalt Financial
7.2%
Lakeshore Hospitality
6.5%
Pinewood Education
5.8%
Solstice Biotech
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%.