Sales Leader and VP of Sales salary: $225K median
The median advertised Sales Leader and VP of Sales salary is $225K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $180K to $295K: counted from 603 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $108 an hour or $18,750 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $360K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll sales leader and VP of sales jobs
$225Kmedian advertised salary
$180K – $295Kmiddle half of roles
$243Kaverage advertised salary
603roles counted
Sales Leader and VP of Sales salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $242K | 100 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $242K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸California | $240K | 136 |
| 🇺🇸Austin, TX | $225K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $224K | 539 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $224K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $220K | 131 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $214K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $210K | 29 |
Skills that pay more for Sales Leader and VP of Sales roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline management | $238K | +$12K | 82 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $461K | 4 |
| Netskope | $388K | 7 |
| Decagon | $378K | 3 |
| Flowengineering | $350K | 3 |
| Cresta | $340K | 4 |
| Agentio | $340K | 3 |
| Fireblocks | $335K | 4 |
| Nightfall Ai | $330K | 3 |
| Brex | $323K | 8 |
| Databricks | $323K | 3 |
| Rocket Lab | $322K | 6 |
| Sierra | $320K | 10 |
| Teads | $315K | 6 |
| Verkada | $312K | 4 |
| Garner Health | $288K | 4 |
| Airwallex | $270K | 5 |
| SentinelOne | $258K | 4 |
| Veeva | $250K | 3 |
| Ethos Life | $246K | 3 |
| PatientPoint | $242K | 3 |
| Scopely | $238K | 3 |
| Zscaler | $236K | 5 |
| Mineralys Therapeutics | $222K | 10 |
| Anduril Industries | $222K | 11 |
| Pearlhealth | $210K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Sales Leader and VP of Sales roles
All sales leader and VP of sales jobs- VP of Sales - Public SectorCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$560K - $675KRemoteLead and above
- VP, Sales Engineering NAMNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$444K - $634KLead and aboveSD-WANCloud securityZero trust
- VP of SalesRilla · 🇺🇸New York City$500K - $600KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Director of Strategic Sales | HousingEliseai · 🇺🇸New York City$550K - $600KLead and above
- Named Sales Director, East (Northern VA/DC Metro)Cloudflare · Hybrid$415K - $571KHybridLead and aboveDNSCloud securityPipeline management
- Named Sales Director, PacNW (Seattle)Cloudflare · Hybrid$415K - $571KHybridLead and aboveDNSCloud securityPipeline management
- AVP, Federal SalesSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - US$440K - $550KRemoteFedRAMPWCAG
- 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
- Head of SalesBuild Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$450K - $525KLead and above.NETHTML
- Senior Director, Business Development - Civil & CommercialRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$214K - $522KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceMS ProjectCRM
- Senior Director, Business Development - National Security (TS/SCI Clearance)Rocket Lab · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$214K - $522KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceMS ProjectCRM
- VP, SalesGumGum · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States$456K - $521KLead and above
- Head of Sales, Defense & IntelligenceCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$350K - $500KRemoteLead and aboveGerman
- Director, SalesIntercom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$414K - $494KLead and aboveAgileHelp deskPipeline management
- Director, Enterprise SalesAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$370K - $490KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementContract negotiation
- Chief Commercial OfficerSummit Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Princeton, NJ (US)$400K - $480KLead and aboveClinical trials
- Director, Sales, EnterpriseAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - New York$300K - $475KHybridLead and aboveSolution sellingContract negotiationTreasury
- VP/Director, Enterprise RevenueRunway Ml · Remote$400K - $475KRemoteLead and aboveHTMLMEDDICSales methodologies
- VP, Channel Sales & PartnershipsBevi · 🇺🇸Remote-US$382K - $472KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementContract negotiationFacilities management
Questions about Sales Leader and VP of Sales pay
- What is the average Sales Leader and VP of Sales salary?
- $243K a year on average and $225K at the median, across 603 open Sales Leader and VP of Sales 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 $180K to $295K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Sales Leader and VP of Sales pay?
- Cloudflare ($461K), Netskope ($388K), Decagon ($378K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a sales leader and vp of sales a high-paying job?
- The median Sales Leader and VP of Sales posting advertises $225K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 29% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a sales leader and vp of sales?
- A tenth of the postings offer $360K a year or more; the highest open Sales Leader and VP of Sales role advertises up to $675K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Sales Leader and VP of Sales salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $225K a year is about $108 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $142 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Sales Leader and VP of Sales roles?
- Postings that ask for Pipeline management (+$12K, 82 postings) advertise more than the $225K median of all Sales Leader and VP of Sales postings with pay.
- 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.
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The median advertised salary for Sales Leader and VP of Sales roles at companies is $225K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $180K to $295K. Counted from 603 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/vp-sales/
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