Sales Jobs in Seattle, WA

Observed government pay data is older and lower than the recent posting market. The broad Seattle sales-and-related group averaged $32.67 per hour in May 2025, the broader sales family had a median annual wage of $50,760 and a 90th-percentile wage of $121,060, and a more targeted sales-representative median was $82,540. By contrast, recent Seattle-area postings center on about $109k to $152k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $217k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 524 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $70,000 at the 25th percentile, $97,500 at the median and $149,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Seattle is a workable market, but not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.8% in August 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 0.8752% year over year, and professional and business services employment was up 0.6278%, which supports ongoing commercial hiring rather than a freeze. At the same time, Washington sales, customer success, and account-management postings were up 7.5% year over year while employment in the occupation was essentially flat, so more openings are not translating into a broad hiring boom. Recent local postings show more than 750 openings across more than 500 companies, but the mix skews mid-career and mostly on-site or hybrid.

Best positioned: You have the best odds right now if you can show recent quota, renewal, expansion, or strategic-account results and already work comfortably in Salesforce-heavy B2B environments such as software, manufacturing, or insurance.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Seattle's headline posted salaries are typical; the market pays well for experienced enterprise-facing talent, but only about 10% of recent postings were entry-level and only about 15% were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 625 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Amazon: 14 open roles
2. Samsara Inc.: 14 open roles
3. Microsoft: 13 open roles
4. Insurance Office of America: 9 open roles
5. Nordstrom, Inc.: 8 open roles
6. Travel + Leisure Co.: 7 open roles
7. TTI Group: 7 open roles
8. Rippling, Inc.: 6 open roles
9. Amazon Web Services, Inc.: 5 open roles
10. Aston Carter, Inc.: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Seattle: 361
• Bellevue: 64
• Redmond: 25
• Kent: 18
• Kirkland: 18
• Renton: 16
• Auburn: 15
• Bothell: 10

Work arrangement

on-site 352 (57%), hybrid 178 (29%), remote 89 (14%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated first in B2B software and tech-adjacent employers. In the recent posting sample, software development accounted for about 35% of openings and technology about 15%, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one company. The most active named employers were Amazon with more than 30 postings, Campus Building with more than 20, and Spacex with around 20. There is also a meaningful second lane in industrial and relationship-driven selling. Manufacturing, construction, and insurance each made up about 10% of postings, which matters because those segments often reward domain credibility and account stewardship more than pure cold-outbound volume. Local startup signals point the same way: CopyCat AI was recruiting a founding, in-person Account Executive in Seattle, and Meadow AI said it planned to expand its go-to-market team after a $7 million seed round. The market is not broad-based entry level. About 55% of postings were mid-level, about 20% senior, and about 15% lead+, while the typical active posting had been open around 35 days. That makes sub-sector targeting and proof of fit more important than mass-applying.

• B2B software and tech vendors (high): Software development makes up about 35% of recent local postings and technology about 15%, making this the deepest pool of openings in the market.
• Manufacturing and construction accounts (moderate): Manufacturing and construction each account for about 10% of local postings, creating room for sellers who can translate product detail into buyer credibility.
• Insurance and relationship-heavy account work (moderate): Insurance represents about 10% of postings, which makes it a credible lane for account management, renewals, and consultative sales profiles.
• Founding and first-sales startup roles (limited): Selective startup openings still exist, including CopyCat AI's founding Account Executive role and Meadow AI's planned go-to-market expansion, but they are higher-risk and less standardized paths.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-market or enterprise account-management, account-executive, and customer-success roles in software or vertical SaaS, then broaden to manufacturing, construction, and insurance if you can show domain fluency.

Roles worth searching next

• Revenue Operations / Sales Operations Analyst: It is a natural move if your strength is Salesforce, pipeline management, forecasting, and data analysis rather than quota-carrying.
• Demand Generation / ABM Specialist: This fits candidates who are stronger in buyer research, strategic planning, messaging, and funnel design, especially if they are considering Forrester's B2B or Demand & ABM certifications.
• Customer Onboarding / Implementation Specialist: It is a practical bridge for candidates with customer-facing experience who can manage handoff, adoption, and retention conversations.
• Customer Education / Enablement: This is a good alternative if your advantage is explaining complex workflows, building adoption, and coaching users rather than prospecting at volume.

What postings ask for

• Salesforce / CRM management (table_stakes | immediate): Salesforce appeared in about 15% of recent local postings, and local evidence also highlights Salesforce, CRM management, pipeline forecasting, and prospecting as core tools for account executives and BDRs. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• Account management (premium | immediate): Account management was the single most-requested hard skill in the recent Seattle sample at about 20%, which tells you employers are prioritizing expansion, stewardship, and relationship depth instead of pure top-of-funnel hustle. Who: Mid-career AEs, AMs, and customer success candidates.
• Pipeline management and forecasting (differentiator | immediate): Pipeline management appeared in about 10% of recent postings, and local market evidence separately calls out pipeline forecasting as a core demand signal. Who: Anyone targeting AE, AM, or manager-track roles.
• Negotiation and strategic planning (differentiator | near-term): Negotiation and strategic planning each appeared in about 15% of recent postings, which is a sign that employers want judgment and deal-shaping ability, not just activity volume. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers trying to skip pure entry-level work.
• Data analysis and data interpretation (differentiator | near-term): Data analysis showed up in about 10% of local postings, and broader 2026 evidence points to data interpretation as part of the new baseline for sales professionals working alongside AI tools. Who: Candidates moving toward strategic accounts, renewals, revenue operations, or sales leadership.
• AI fluency (premium | immediate): Recent evidence says sales professionals need prompt writing, automation, and data interpretation skills, while 56% of sales professionals were already using AI daily and 70% of routine sales tasks are forecast to be automated by 2030. Who: Everyone, but especially SDRs, BDRs, customer success candidates, and career switchers.

Questions about this market

What do Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Observed government pay data is older and lower than the recent posting market. The broad Seattle sales-and-related group averaged $32.67 per hour in May 2025, the broader sales family had a median annual wage of $50,760 and a 90th-percentile wage of $121,060, and a more targeted sales-representative median was $82,540. By contrast, recent Seattle-area postings center on about $109k to $152k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $217k. That gap usually means today's openings are tilted toward experienced, quota-carrying, enterprise, or strategic-account roles rather than the full working population of sellers. Seattle pay is above the national mean hourly wage for sales and related work at $26.43, but the metro also carries a cost-of-living index around 115 or higher.

Where is demand for Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated first in B2B software and tech-adjacent employers. In the recent posting sample, software development accounted for about 35% of openings and technology about 15%, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one company. The most active named employers were Amazon with more than 30 postings, Campus Building with more than 20, and Spacex with around 20. There is also a meaningful second lane in industrial and relationship-driven selling. Manufacturing, construction, and insurance each made up about 10% of postings, which matters because those segments often reward domain credibility and account stewardship more than pure cold-outbound volume. Local startup signals point the same way: CopyCat AI was recruiting a founding, in-person Account Executive in Seattle, and Meadow AI said it planned to expand its go-to-market team after a $7 million seed round. The market is not broad-based entry level. About 55% of postings were mid-level, about 20% senior, and about 15% lead+, while the typical active posting had been open around 35 days. That makes sub-sector targeting and proof of fit more important than mass-applying.

Which employers are hiring the most Sales, Customer Success & Account Management talent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Amazon (more than 30 postings), Campus Building (more than 20 postings), Spacex (around 20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Sales, Customer Success & Account Management roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 15% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 50% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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