# Sales careers — counted from open postings

Source: https://careerversion.com/careers/sales  
Counted: 2026-10-18T14:13:11.457595+00:00 from employers' own job boards; refreshed nightly. Only open roles. USD; posted bands only, where eight or more posted one, and a figure that could not be a year's pay is left out. Never estimated.

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## Facts
- Open roles: 29,836 across 2,322 employers
- Entry level (titled junior/intern, or a year or less asked and not titled senior): 2,198 (1,274 titled)
- Postings stating no level: 19,471
- New in the last 30 days (dated first publish): 5,615
- Median posted band at entry: $70K median (10th $48K, 90th $150K; 825 posted bands)
- Median posted band, all levels: $133K median (10th $54K, 90th $257K; 10878 posted bands)
- Work mode: remote 4788, hybrid 2425, on site 18337, not stated 4286

## The roles
| Role | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Account Executive | 2323 | 962 | $128K |
| Account Manager | 1048 | 337 | $105K |
| Enterprise Account Executive | 881 | 380 | $260K |
| Sales Manager | 673 | 188 | $81K |
| Manager | 620 | 325 | $165K |
| Sales Development Representative | 595 | 199 | $65K |
| Sales | 531 | 196 | $40K |
| Business Development Manager | 505 | 122 | $135K |
| Director | 483 | 309 | $215K |
| Sales Engineer | 436 | 125 | $174K |
| Business Development Representative | 414 | 148 | $66K |
| Solutions Engineer | 394 | 152 | $190K |

## The ladder
| Level | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Intern | 325 | 57 | $47K |
| Junior | 949 | 281 | $65K |
| Mid | 140 | 58 | $120K |
| Senior | 2276 | 865 | $150K |
| Staff | 210 | 87 | $92K |
| Principal | 170 | 72 | $213K |
| Management | 6295 | 2516 | $167K |

## Skills postings name most
- CRM Systems: 7301 postings, 559 at entry level
- Account Management: 6339 postings, 600 at entry level
- Lead Generation: 6186 postings, 594 at entry level
- Customer Service: 4742 postings, 604 at entry level
- Forecasting: 4254 postings, 95 at entry level
- Quota Attainment: 3090 postings, 167 at entry level
- Spreadsheet Analysis: 2945 postings, 321 at entry level
- Procurement: 2746 postings, 51 at entry level
- Solution Selling: 2551 postings, 75 at entry level
- Solutions Engineering: 2154 postings, 80 at entry level
- Sales Pipeline Management: 2075 postings, 50 at entry level
- Continuous Improvement: 1904 postings, 90 at entry level

## Employers with the most open roles
- Knitwellgroup: 584 open, 4 entry level
- Salesforce: 580 open, 11 entry level
- Abbott: 384 open, 28 entry level
- Bosch Group: 368 open, 53 entry level
- Red Bull: 363 open, 97 entry level
- Paloaltonetworks: 336 open, 11 entry level
- Jci: 332 open, 53 entry level
- Cisco: 262 open, 21 entry level
- Myhrhome: 260 open, 0 entry level
- Hpe: 257 open, 4 entry level

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