Sales Leadership salary

63 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 18, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for sales leadership roles at lead level across the United States: 782 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $150,000 and $237,500, with a median of $190,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $135,000, senior $155,664 and lead $190,000. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 41% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 30 of the 60 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

63 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$107,500 – $182,400	$135,000	488
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$106,625 – CA$164,375	CA$126,250	46
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£43,125 – £65,115	£53,428	14
Italy · country-wide	Mid	€56,947 – €80,000	€68,000	11
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€47,625 – €87,124	€68,013	6hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$132,200 – $192,431	$155,664	104
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$154,913 – CA$187,647	CA$161,500	8hint
United States · country-wide	Lead	$150,000 – $237,500	$190,000	782
Canada · country-wide	Lead	CA$145,000 – CA$200,000	CA$166,000	39
United Kingdom · country-wide	Lead	£83,750 – £117,500	£105,175	15
Germany · country-wide	Lead	€143,686 – €185,820	€162,025	8hint
Italy · country-wide	Lead	€80,000 – €110,000	€90,000	5hint
France · country-wide	Lead	€72,500 – €152,500	€121,000	5hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$109,542 – $172,500	$132,446	147
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$108,750 – CA$166,038	CA$130,500	12
Remote · United States	Senior	$140,000 – $196,675	$168,000	33
Remote · United States	Lead	$157,500 – $237,500	$195,000	285
Remote · Canada	Lead	CA$174,375 – CA$246,375	CA$210,000	7hint
Atlanta	Mid	$76,250 – $118,475	$85,313	11
Atlanta	Lead	$142,500 – $207,500	$153,100	13
Austin	Mid	$117,400 – $172,500	$151,500	7hint
Austin	Lead	$178,500 – $326,250	$213,500	11
Boston	Mid	$130,000 – $182,500	$137,500	9hint
Boston	Lead	$155,938 – $225,438	$175,750	18
Charlotte	Lead	$148,050 – $277,500	$198,600	6hint
Chicago	Mid	$106,250 – $155,600	$137,500	11
Chicago	Lead	$143,055 – $219,150	$180,000	23
Dallas	Mid	$117,500 – $166,100	$152,500	11
Dallas	Lead	$135,000 – $252,037	$160,000	13
Denver	Mid	$80,000 – $180,000	$153,650	9hint
Denver	Lead	$146,750 – $219,263	$190,000	11
El Segundo	Lead	$165,000 – $302,500	$220,000	5hint
Houston	Mid	$103,750 – $136,250	$122,500	8hint
Houston	Lead	$157,500 – $235,000	$168,000	5hint
Irvine	Lead	$155,450 – $203,252	$176,250	6hint
London	Lead	£73,433 – £128,700	£90,000	7hint
Los Angeles	Mid	$118,250 – $189,361	$150,650	8hint
Los Angeles	Lead	$153,750 – $205,000	$170,000	18
Minneapolis	Mid	$80,000 – $125,000	$97,500	5hint
Minneapolis	Lead	$135,950 – $206,544	$187,039	8hint
Mississauga	Mid	CA$96,875 – CA$140,130	CA$121,250	8hint
New York	Mid	$135,475 – $260,400	$178,000	44
New York	Senior	$146,875 – $192,875	$177,000	14
New York	Lead	$168,250 – $246,475	$197,500	131
Philadelphia	Mid	$97,500 – $150,000	$130,000	5hint
Phoenix	Mid	$157,300 – $215,000	$186,560	5hint
Richmond	Mid	$107,500 – $131,650	$107,500	5hint
Salt Lake City	Mid	$96,750 – $179,295	$144,750	6hint
San Diego	Lead	$125,000 – $170,000	$129,500	5hint
San Francisco	Mid	$174,530 – $325,000	$275,000	31
San Francisco	Lead	$180,000 – $374,750	$243,750	42
San Jose	Mid	$114,500 – $203,725	$116,500	7hint
San Jose	Senior	$144,500 – $215,250	$205,000	5hint
San Jose	Lead	$179,250 – $283,088	$202,300	7hint
Santa Clara	Lead	$193,365 – $226,375	$225,000	5hint
Seattle	Mid	$85,000 – $186,560	$152,500	13
Seattle	Lead	$130,875 – $187,750	$167,000	6hint
Toronto	Lead	CA$134,950 – CA$181,000	CA$163,000	16
Washington	Mid	$120,000 – $227,500	$145,000	7hint
Washington	Lead	$131,834 – $219,063	$172,500	12

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Top 60 of 63 ranges by sample size.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.