Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Chief Revenue Officer salary data: P25, median, and P75 base pay, sourced.
Salary band
Base salary, gross annual
- 25th percentile
- €145,000
- Median
- €185,000
- 75th percentile
- €260,000
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€48,000 – €87,000
Gross fixed base salary per year for a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) or VP Sales at the executive or board level of a larger German SMB or scale-up, one step above the company-size ceiling typical of the Head of Sales level (commercial leadership across multiple business lines, markets, or a 30+ M€ ARR organization). A bonus plus an equity or VSOP component on top of this fixed range is standard at this scale (see Variable compensation), pushing total on-target pay well above the fixed figures alone. Salary-aggregator samples specifically labeled CRO in Germany are thin and volatile (one major job board's CRO page reads far below this range, most likely a small, inconsistent sample); this band anchors instead on VP Sales data from two independent aggregators, which converge closely at the 75th percentile (260 k€), and stays consistent with the C-level range already flagged in the base Head of Sales guide.
Sources: ERI SalaryExpert Vice President Sales Salary Germany 2026; Payscale Vice President (VP), Sales Salary Germany; Glassdoor Chief Revenue Officer Gehalt Deutschland