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Advertising Sales Agents vs Enterprise Account Executives

Median pay is about $40k higher for Enterprise Account Executives. The usual entry education is high school for Advertising Sales Agents and bachelor's for Enterprise Account Executives.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Advertising Sales Agents compared with Enterprise Account Executives: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureAdvertising Sales AgentsEnterprise Account Executives
Pay
Median pay$64,820$104,920, higher
Entry pay 25th percentile$47,020$75,030, higher
Experienced pay 75th percentile$99,990$158,160, higher
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth-7.2% Declining+1.2% Growing, higher
Openings a year7,80023,600
Getting in
Typical educationHigh schoolBachelor's
Difficulty modeled2 / 52.8 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledHighHigh
AI exposure modeled, percentile67th pct88th pct

Where the skills differ

Only Advertising Sales Agents

  • Monitoring

Only Enterprise Account Executives

  • Active Learning

Both lean on speaking, active listening, reading comprehension, critical thinking, writing.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.