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Account Executive pay in Austin

What account executives in the Austin metro earn, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 — and what 16 open roles advertise today.

$62,900

MEDIAN PAY

the median

41-3091

OCCUPATION CODE

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, SOC 2018

Half of account executives in Austin earn between $46,950 and $96,420. One in ten earn less than $36,010; one in ten earn more than $134,830.

BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · 16,700 employed

BLS groups this title under Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.

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Open roles advertise

$128k–$192k · from 13 postings with a stated range, last 90 days · 16 open roles

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What the work is

Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.

  • Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and provide ongoing support.
  • Answer customers' questions about services, prices, availability, or credit terms.
  • Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.
  • Create forms or agreements to complete sales.
  • Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.
  • Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.

Summary and tasks from O*NET OnLine, 41-3091.00 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, O*NET 31.0.

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About this data

Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain; BLS is the source and does not vouch for this page). This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Licences: O*NET database licence (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Survey figures released 15 May 2026. A figure the survey withholds is left out, never estimated. The open roles beside them are the Austin hub's, whose machine-readable twin is at /jobs/account-executive/austin/data.json.

Listings come from employers' own careers sites. Apply links go to the employer. Updated 6 Oct 2026.