Average Business Development Manager Salary

The top respondents for the job title Business Development Manager are from the companies Amazon.com Inc, Advantage Sales & Marketing, LLC and Siemens. Reported salaries are highest at Google, Inc. where the average pay is $114,650. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Siemens and Emerson Electric Co, earning around $109,197 and $98,107, respectively. Advantage Sales & Marketing, LLC pays the lowest at around $56,602. Ecolab, Inc. and Microsoft Corp also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $58,500 and $93,000, respectively.

Skills in New Business Development are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Sales Management, Sales, Account Management and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

An entry-level Business Development Manager with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $51,329 based on 197 salaries. An early career Business Development Manager with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $61,702 based on 2,783 salaries. A mid-career Business Development Manager with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $75,922 based on 2,467 salaries. An experienced Business Development Manager with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $86,516 based on 2,136 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $92,419.

Employees with Business Development Manager in their job title in Houston, Texas earn an average of 31.8% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in San Francisco, California (28.5% more) and Boston, Massachusetts (8.3% more).