550+ Sales & Account Management Jobs in Detroit, MI

The best hard local anchor is BLS pay data for Detroit 'sales representatives, services, all other': $79,530 median, $49,590 at the 25th percentile, $127,830 at the 75th percentile, and $92,160 mean in May 2025. More current directional signals are broader and less exact: local posted ranges center on about $75k to $108k, with a broader band of about $55k to $154k, and Robert Half projects Detroit Account Manager/Executive starting pay around $56,175 to $90,563 with a midpoint of $71,138.

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Advertised pay

Across the 307 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $60,000 at the 25th percentile, $87,000 at the median and $112,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Detroit is a real market for professional sales and account-management talent, but it is a selective one rather than an easy one. The metro unemployment rate reached 5.4% in June 2026, while Michigan postings for this category were up 7.0% year over year even as statewide postings across all occupations were down 4.4%, which suggests sales-related demand is holding up better than the broader market. Local hiring is spread across more than 400 companies and more than 600 postings over the last 90 days, but the mix leans mid-career and on-site: about 70% of postings are mid-level and about 65% are on-site.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can show account management, CRM, negotiation, and strategic planning results in manufacturing or automotive accounts have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming Detroit pay looks like national SaaS AE compensation; local posted ranges center on about $75k to $108k, while national SaaS AE benchmarks are far higher and much more specialized.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 582 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Public Storage: 18 open roles
2. Power Home Remodeling Group: 14 open roles
3. AT&T inc.: 7 open roles
4. Public Storage Inc.: 7 open roles
5. SkyKey Financial: 7 open roles
6. Get United: 6 open roles
7. Orkin LLC: 6 open roles
8. Strykerdata: 6 open roles
9. Best Version Media: 5 open roles
10. Flyer Life Group: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Detroit: 169
• Troy: 44
• Novi: 40
• Farmington Hills: 33
• Southfield: 28
• Sterling Heights: 28
• Livonia: 25
• Windsor: 21

Work arrangement

on-site 384 (67%), hybrid 116 (20%), remote 73 (13%)

Where the demand is

The clearest local concentration is by industry, not by one dominant employer. In the recent posting sample, manufacturing accounts for about 30% of demand, automotive about 20%, retail about 20%, healthcare about 10%, and insurance about 5%. That fits Detroit's commercial base and means candidates who can speak supplier relationships, distribution, pricing, or multi-location account coverage have an advantage over generalist sellers. Opportunity is also spread across a long tail of employers rather than a single hiring giant. The local sample shows more than 600 postings across more than 400 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented; among the more consistently active names were AutoZone, Inc. with more than 20 postings and RevOps Advisor with around 10. The sample also includes a Detroit Account Manager, Automotive Sales posting from ArcelorMittal North America tied to the Ford team, which is a good example of how local demand can sit inside industrial-account relationships rather than pure tech-sales funnels. Where many job seekers misread this market is work style and level. About 65% of postings are on-site, about 25% hybrid, and only about 10% remote, while about 70% are mid-level and only about 10% are entry-level. If you need fully remote work or are trying to break in without commercial experience, Detroit will feel tighter than the headline posting volume suggests.

• Manufacturing and automotive strategic accounts (high): This is the strongest local wedge because manufacturing and automotive together make up about half of the observed posting mix, and at least one concrete local example is an ArcelorMittal automotive sales account role tied to Ford.
• Customer success, renewals, and expansion work (moderate): This is a real but more selective lane for candidates who can prove customer ownership, value realization, QBRs, onboarding, and account health management, which aligns with the way customer-success roles are shifting toward value management.
• Commercial and field-heavy account coverage (moderate): Retail-adjacent and territory-based roles remain meaningful in the mix, but they are more likely to be on-site and sometimes require travel-friendly basics such as a valid driver's license.
• Structured early-career sales training paths (limited): These exist, including Sherwin-Williams' local Management & Sales Training Program, but they are a smaller share of the market because only about 10% of postings are entry-level.

Where to focus: Focus first on manufacturing and automotive-adjacent account roles that require CRM discipline, negotiation, and strategic planning, then widen to customer-success or commercial account roles in healthcare and retail-adjacent firms.

Roles worth searching next

• Revenue Operations Analyst or Coordinator: The overlap is strong on CRM, strategic planning, market analysis, and project management, and RevOps Advisor appears among locally active employers.
• Store or Branch Management Trainee: Sherwin-Williams is running a local Management & Sales Training Program designed to move candidates into store management within 18-24 months.
• Customer Onboarding or Implementation Manager: This path overlaps with customer-success work through onboarding, QBRs, health scoring, and adoption workflows.
• Automotive Program Manager or Supplier Relations Manager: Detroit's automotive-account ecosystem rewards candidates who can combine customer ownership with project management and OEM or supplier coordination.

What postings ask for

• Account management and CRM discipline (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most requested hard skills locally, with account management around 20% and customer relationship management around 15% of postings. Who: Everyone in the category, especially mid-career applicants trying to show they can keep and grow revenue.
• Negotiation and strategic planning (differentiator | immediate): Both show up in about 15% of local postings and usually separate quota-carrying or expansion-oriented roles from generic customer-facing work. Who: Account executives, account managers, partnerships candidates, and switchers coming from procurement or operations.
• Business development and market analysis (differentiator | near-term): Local employers still ask for business development and market analysis, each around 10%, which matters in supplier and territory-based selling. Who: Candidates targeting manufacturing, automotive, or field-account coverage.
• Prompt engineering (premium | immediate): Prompt engineering is identified as a critical sales skill for 2026, and 92% of sales professionals are already using AI in some form. Who: Anyone competing for modern AE, AM, SDR, or CSM roles.
• AI output verification and data literacy (premium | immediate): These skills matter because AI tools are now used for lead prioritization, buying signals, and CRM updates, so bad inputs or unchecked outputs can hurt deals. Who: Candidates who want to stand out in tech-forward or process-heavy teams.
• Certified Customer Success Manager (CCSM) (differentiator | near-term): CCSM is recognized as a leading customer-success certification, which helps candidates aiming at adoption, retention, and renewal-oriented roles. Who: Account managers moving toward customer success and career switchers with client-service backgrounds.

Questions about this market

What do Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

The best hard local anchor is BLS pay data for Detroit 'sales representatives, services, all other': $79,530 median, $49,590 at the 25th percentile, $127,830 at the 75th percentile, and $92,160 mean in May 2025. More current directional signals are broader and less exact: local posted ranges center on about $75k to $108k, with a broader band of about $55k to $154k, and Robert Half projects Detroit Account Manager/Executive starting pay around $56,175 to $90,563 with a midpoint of $71,138. That is solid pay for Detroit, especially with the region's cost-of-living index at 100.6, near the national norm. It also compares favorably with the national median wage for the broader sales family of $61,100, which suggests the better local money is in professional B2B and account-based work rather than generic sales roles.

Where is demand for Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI concentrated?

The clearest local concentration is by industry, not by one dominant employer. In the recent posting sample, manufacturing accounts for about 30% of demand, automotive about 20%, retail about 20%, healthcare about 10%, and insurance about 5%. That fits Detroit's commercial base and means candidates who can speak supplier relationships, distribution, pricing, or multi-location account coverage have an advantage over generalist sellers. Opportunity is also spread across a long tail of employers rather than a single hiring giant. The local sample shows more than 600 postings across more than 400 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented; among the more consistently active names were AutoZone, Inc. with more than 20 postings and RevOps Advisor with around 10. The sample also includes a Detroit Account Manager, Automotive Sales posting from ArcelorMittal North America tied to the Ford team, which is a good example of how local demand can sit inside industrial-account relationships rather than pure tech-sales funnels. Where many job seekers misread this market is work style and level. About 65% of postings are on-site, about 25% hybrid, and only about 10% remote, while about 70% are mid-level and only about 10% are entry-level. If you need fully remote work or are trying to break in without commercial experience, Detroit will feel tighter than the headline posting volume suggests.

Which employers are hiring the most Sales, Customer Success & Account Management talent in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Recent postings show the most activity from AutoZone, Inc. (20 postings), RevOps Advisor (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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