500+ Sales & Account Management Jobs in Detroit, MI

Observed local wage data for the broad sales-and-related family is modest: BLS shows a $37,710 annual median and $55,100 annual mean in Detroit, plus about $26.49 per hour on average in May 2025. Current posting data for professional-track openings sits higher, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $80k to $109k and a broader 25th-75th band of about $55k to $165k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Michigan mean offered salary on new openings of about $67,495 in September 2026 (n=1,071).

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 288 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,875 at the 25th percentile, $82,500 at the median and $121,250 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive market rather than a broken one: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn unemployment was 5.7% in August 2026, local employment was down 1.5557% year over year, and Professional and Business Services employment fell 0.9646%. At the same time, Michigan-wide signals for this occupation are still constructive: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows sales, customer success, and account management postings up 12.4% year over year in September 2026 while occupation employment held essentially flat, which usually points to replacement hiring and selective growth rather than broad expansion. Local job-posting composition supports that view: we observed more than 550 postings across more than 400 companies in the last 90 days, with most openings at mid level and most roles on-site or hybrid.

Best positioned: The best odds go to mid-career B2B account managers, territory sellers, and customer-facing commercial candidates who can show quota, renewal, expansion, or channel results in manufacturing, insurance, motor-vehicle, financial-service, or distribution settings, which dominate the local posting mix.

Main caution: Do not confuse broad sales-family wage data with professional-track pay: local BLS sales-and-related wages include many lower-paid sales roles, while current posted ranges for professional openings center much higher.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 540 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Imperial Beverage Company: 12 open roles
2. Public Storage: 11 open roles
3. AT&T inc.: 7 open roles
4. Best Version Media: 6 open roles
5. Public Storage: 6 open roles
6. Industry Analysts, Inc.: 5 open roles
7. Suntory Global Spirits: 5 open roles
8. Verizon: 5 open roles
9. ChenMed LLC: 4 open roles
10. Cintas Corporation: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Detroit: 165
• Troy: 56
• Novi: 39
• Southfield: 30
• Farmington Hills: 21
• Livonia: 19
• Birmingham: 15
• Windsor: 15

Work arrangement

on-site 333 (64%), hybrid 134 (26%), remote 52 (10%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in Detroit is not evenly spread across all sales subroles. In the recent local posting mix, manufacturing and retail each account for about 20% of activity, insurance about 15%, motor vehicle manufacturing about 10%, and financial services about 10%. That lines up with the metro's large Trade, Transportation, and Utilities base of 374.1 thousand jobs and Professional and Business Services base of 369.6 thousand jobs in August 2026, though both supersectors were slightly down year over year. For professional-track seekers, the strongest bets are B2B account management, territory sales, distribution, and insurance or financial-client roles rather than remote-only hunts. Local openings are fragmented across employers instead of dominated by one company, and only about 10% are remote. Employers named most often include Imperial Beverage, AutoZone, Inc., and Industry Analysts, Inc., which hints that field coverage, channel relationships, and product or domain familiarity matter more here than generic outbound branding. Customer-success-style roles likely exist, but the evidence here is much stronger for classic account and territory roles than for remote-first SaaS teams. A Detroit-based supplier-growth initiative targeting up to $3 billion over the next decade is a reason to keep watching auto and manufacturing-adjacent commercial roles, but it is not the same thing as an announced hiring wave.

• Manufacturing and motor-vehicle accounts (high): Manufacturing and motor vehicle manufacturing together account for about 30% of the recent local posting mix, making this the clearest concentration of demand.
• Insurance and financial-client portfolios (moderate): Insurance and financial services together account for about 25% of local postings, and Michigan Financial Activities employment was up +0.4% year over year in August 2026.
• Distribution, route, and retail-adjacent professional sales (high): Retail is about 20% of the local posting mix, and Imperial Beverage and AutoZone, Inc. both appear among the most active named employers, which favors candidates comfortable with territory coverage and in-person relationship building.
• Remote-first customer success and SaaS-style roles (limited): This is a smaller slice locally, with only about 10% of openings marked remote.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-level B2B account and territory roles tied to manufacturing, supplier, insurance, finance, and distribution employers where Detroit shows repeat demand and where local industry knowledge can outweigh pure title matching.

Roles worth searching next

• Revenue Operations / Sales Operations Analyst: It uses CRM discipline, data analysis, forecasting, and account-planning logic that overlap with modern commercial roles.
• Implementation Specialist: It is a practical bridge for people aiming at customer success, especially if they already translate customer needs into onboarding steps.
• Customer Support Lead or Escalation Specialist: This can be a workable move for career switchers who are strong with retention, issue ownership, and customer communication.
• Market Research or Pricing Analyst: Detroit postings already reward market analysis and data analysis, so this is a reasonable pivot for commercially minded candidates who prefer analytics over quota.
• Vendor or Supplier Relationship Coordinator: In a manufacturing-heavy region, supplier-facing coordination is a practical alternative for people with account, negotiation, and relationship strengths.

What postings ask for

• Account management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly named hard skill in local postings at about 30%, so it is baseline language for resume screening here. Who: Everyone targeting account executive, account manager, territory, partnerships, or customer success roles.
• Strategic planning (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 20% of local postings and helps separate people who can run a territory, book, or account plan from people who only know activity execution. Who: Mid-career candidates and career switchers trying to move above pure entry-level sales.
• Business development (differentiator | immediate): Business development shows up in about 15% of local postings and is especially useful for candidates targeting manufacturer, supplier, and distribution growth roles. Who: Hunters, SDR-to-AE candidates, and career switchers from operational or client-facing backgrounds.
• Customer relationship management (table_stakes | immediate): CRM-related language appears in about 15% of local postings, signaling that employers want process-driven account coverage rather than personality-only selling. Who: Anyone without a clearly stated CRM process on their resume.
• Data analysis (differentiator | near-term): Local postings mention data analysis in about 10% of cases, and national guidance keeps pointing to data-led selling and forecasting as an in-demand capability. Who: Mid-career sellers, customer success candidates, and people considering revenue operations as a backup path.
• AI tools (premium | near-term): National sales guidance identifies AI-tool proficiency as in demand, and Gartner says AI-assisted sales teams use it for research, personalized messaging, signal monitoring, and next-best actions. Who: Mid-career candidates who need to show leverage, speed, and modern workflow fluency.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local wage data for the broad sales-and-related family is modest: BLS shows a $37,710 annual median and $55,100 annual mean in Detroit, plus about $26.49 per hour on average in May 2025. Current posting data for professional-track openings sits higher, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $80k to $109k and a broader 25th-75th band of about $55k to $165k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Michigan mean offered salary on new openings of about $67,495 in September 2026 (n=1,071). The gap mostly reflects job mix: the broad BLS family includes many lower-paid sales roles, while Detroit's current professional openings skew toward account management, strategic planning, business development, negotiation, and CRM-heavy work.

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

Real opportunity in Detroit is not evenly spread across all sales subroles. In the recent local posting mix, manufacturing and retail each account for about 20% of activity, insurance about 15%, motor vehicle manufacturing about 10%, and financial services about 10%. That lines up with the metro's large Trade, Transportation, and Utilities base of 374.1 thousand jobs and Professional and Business Services base of 369.6 thousand jobs in August 2026, though both supersectors were slightly down year over year. For professional-track seekers, the strongest bets are B2B account management, territory sales, distribution, and insurance or financial-client roles rather than remote-only hunts. Local openings are fragmented across employers instead of dominated by one company, and only about 10% are remote. Employers named most often include Imperial Beverage, AutoZone, Inc., and Industry Analysts, Inc., which hints that field coverage, channel relationships, and product or domain familiarity matter more here than generic outbound branding. Customer-success-style roles likely exist, but the evidence here is much stronger for classic account and territory roles than for remote-first SaaS teams. A Detroit-based supplier-growth initiative targeting up to $3 billion over the next decade is a reason to keep watching auto and manufacturing-adjacent commercial roles, but it is not the same thing as an announced hiring wave.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Imperial Beverage (more than 20 postings), AutoZone, Inc. (around 15 postings), Industry Analysts, Inc. (around 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 30% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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