Prospecting salary: $154K median
The median advertised Prospecting salary is $154K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $235K: counted from 1,396 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $74 an hour or $12,875 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $304K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Prospecting jobs
$154Kmedian advertised salary
$102K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$172Kaverage advertised salary
1,396roles counted
Prospecting salary by level
Senior roles advertise a median of $160K, 89% more than junior roles ($85K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | $85K | $85K–$95K | 26 |
| Senior | $160K | $132K–$197K | 146 |
| Lead and above | $208K | $170K–$278K | 177 |
| No level in the title | $140K | $95K–$232K | 1,047 |
Prospecting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $185K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $182K | 240 |
| 🇺🇸California | $175K | 294 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $166K | 258 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $165K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $155K | 1,302 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $152K | 39 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $150K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $150K | 71 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $150K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $130K | 85 |
| 🇺🇸Austin, TX | $117K | 44 |
| 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA | $104K | 30 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Kong | $360K | 19 |
| Garner Health | $355K | 3 |
| Writer | $345K | 5 |
| Okta | $344K | 18 |
| Ironclad | $340K | 3 |
| Cresta | $340K | 5 |
| Fireblocks | $335K | 4 |
| Anthropic | $330K | 10 |
| Nightfall Ai | $330K | 3 |
| Finout | $325K | 7 |
| Snyk | $320K | 7 |
| Ashby | $316K | 3 |
| Wirescreen | $315K | 3 |
| Neo4j | $305K | 5 |
| Censys | $300K | 3 |
| Sierra | $298K | 8 |
| Openrouter | $290K | 3 |
| Plaid | $285K | 9 |
| Grafana Labs | $280K | 7 |
| Perplexity | $275K | 8 |
| Tailscale | $275K | 3 |
| Arize AI | $275K | 4 |
| Decagon | $275K | 4 |
| Deepgram | $275K | 3 |
| Assorthealth | $275K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Prospecting roles
All Prospecting jobs- Area Sales Director, Corporate Sales- New Accounts (Auth0)Okta · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC$366K - $547KLead and aboveMachine LearningProspecting
- Area Sales Director, Corporate Sales- New Accounts (Okta)Okta · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC$366K - $547KLead and aboveMachine LearningProspecting
- Director, SalesIntercom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$414K - $494KLead and aboveAgileHelp deskPipeline management
- Director, Platform SalesAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$370K - $490KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementPerformance managementProspecting
- Enterprise Sales Lead, USBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$319K - $479KLead and abovePipeline managementPerformance managementCrypto custody
- Director, Sales, EnterpriseAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - New York$300K - $475KHybridLead and aboveSolution sellingContract negotiationTreasury
- Enterprise Sales VP, Labor and TrustGarner Health · Remote$425K - $475KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementProspecting
- Head of Strategic Accounts, Enterprise, AmericasAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$300K - $450KHybridLead and aboveTreasuryProspecting
- Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Partners SalesAnthropic · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$380K - $450KGCPAWSProcurement
- Strategic Account Executive, IndustriesAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380K - $450KPipeline managementSolution sellingProcurement
- RVP, Enterprise Sales LeaderIronclad · 🇺🇸Remote - US$370K - $450KRemoteData qualityPipeline managementSolution selling
- Enterprise Sales ManagerPerplexity · 🇺🇸New York City$380K - $450KHybridPipeline managementProspecting
- Manager, Account Executive | EnterpriseRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$377K - $450KHybridPerformance managementProspecting
- Director, SalesIntercom · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois$373K - $445KLead and aboveAgileHelp deskPipeline management
- Sales Director, Small Business (NAM)HubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$265K - $424KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementProspecting
- Regional Vice President, Taft-Hartley & LaborMaven Clinic · Remote$358K - $420KRemoteLead and aboveEvent marketingFinancial modelingProspecting
- Vice President, Business Development & Strategic PartnershipsFlex · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA$336K - $420KLead and abovePipeline managementContract negotiationFinancial modeling
- Account Executive | StrategicRamp · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$310K - $407KHybridMEDDICERPProcurement
- Enterprise Account Executive - New YorkElliptic · 🇺🇸New York, United States$325K - $400KHybridHubSpotSolution sellingMEDDIC
- Enterprise Account Executive, Capital MarketsCrusoe · 🇺🇸New York, NY - US$300K - $400KGCPAzureAWS
Questions about Prospecting pay
- What is the average Prospecting salary?
- $172K a year on average and $154K at the median, across 1,396 open Prospecting postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $102K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Prospecting pay?
- Kong ($360K), Garner Health ($355K), Writer ($345K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a prospecting a high-paying job?
- The median Prospecting posting advertises $154K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a prospecting?
- A tenth of the postings offer $304K a year or more; the highest open Prospecting role advertises up to $547K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Prospecting salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $154K a year is about $74 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,875 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $49 to $113 an hour.
- What does an entry-level prospecting make?
- 26 junior and intern Prospecting postings state pay, with a median of $85K a year ($41 an hour).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
Writing about this? A sentence you can quote
The median advertised salary for Prospecting roles at companies is $154K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $235K. Counted from 1,396 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/prospecting/
Free to use with the link.