Senior Account Executive

Salary band

Base salary, gross annual

25th percentile

€50,000

Median

€62,000

75th percentile

€85,000

For reference: the statutory minimum wage in Germany has stood at €13.90 gross per hour since January 1, 2026 — roughly €2,410 gross a month for a full-time role at 40 hours/week. (BMAS: Mindestlohn steigt zum 1. Januar 2026 auf 13,90 Euro)

Variable at OTE€21,000 – €36,000

Gross fixed salary per year for a senior Account Executive (7 to 12 years, including several years of proven independent closing on larger or more complex deals) at a German SMB. SaaS scale-up profiles in Berlin or Munich pull the range up noticeably (75-95 k€ fixed) and add commission accelerators beyond quota; classic Mittelstand sales profiles trend lower (52-62 k€ fixed). Public salary aggregators for this specific title still cluster close to the mid-level figures because the Senior Account Executive title has few dedicated job postings in Germany; the wider range here reflects real market variation between SaaS and Mittelstand rather than aggregator noise. The variable split stays close to the mid-level ratio (see Variable compensation), with accelerators beyond 100% of quota becoming more common at this level.

Sources: Stepstone Gehaltsdaten Account Executive Deutschland 2026; Stepstone Gehaltsdaten Senior Account Executive Deutschland 2026; Gehalt.de Account Executive Gehalt nach Berufserfahrung