Supporting roles Salary benchmarks – Germany, United Kingdom and United States Roles On Target Earnings Fixed Salary Variable Comp VP Sales €130k - 200k+ €65k - 100k+ 30% - 50% Sales Manager €80k - 110k €50k - 70k 30% - 50% Account Executive €75k - 125k €45 - 75k 40% - 35% Usually no variable Pre-Sales/Sales Engineer €40k - 90k €40k - 90k salary; quite similar to an engineering salary Sales Dev. Representative €32k - 45k €27 - 34k 10% - 30% Roles On Target Earnings Fixed Salary Variable Comp VP Sales £150k - 200k+ £65k - 100k+ 40% - 50% Sales Manager £90k - 110k £45k - 70k 40% - 50% Account Executive £75k - 125k £35k - 60k 50% Pre-Sales/Sales Engineer £40k - 90k £40k - 90k Quite similar to an engineering salary Sales Dev. Representative £38.5k £80k 10% - 30% Roles On Target Earnings Fixed Salary Variable Comp VP Sales $250k - 450k $150k - 200k 40% - 50% Sales Manager $250k - 300k $100k - 200k 40% - 50% Account Executive $80k - 140k $40k - 70k 50% Pre-Sales/Sales Engineer $70k - 150k $55k - 120k 20% Sales Dev. Representative $40k - 65k $32k - 52k 20% See appendix for detailed source references. 26
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