Average Business Development Manager with Account Management Skills Salary

The top respondents for the job title Business Development Manager are from the companies Advantage Sales & Marketing, LLC, Amazon.com Inc and Maxim Healthcare Services. Reported salaries are highest at Amazon.com Inc where the average pay is $80,680. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include American Express Co. (AMEX) and PC Connection, Inc., earning around $71,500 and $70,986, respectively. Scansource, Inc. pays the lowest at around $49,579. Maxim Healthcare Services and Advantage Sales & Marketing, LLC also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $54,045 and $57,738, respectively.

Skills in New Business Development and Strategic Planning are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Sales Management, Sales 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 $51,379 based on 29 salaries. An early career Business Development Manager with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $59,731 based on 794 salaries. A mid-career Business Development Manager with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $71,084 based on 801 salaries. An experienced Business Development Manager with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $80,685 based on 650 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $87,256.

Employees with Business Development Manager in their job title in Houston, Texas earn an average of 28.8% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in San Francisco, California (28.6% more) and New York, New York (5.0% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Dallas, Texas (7.4% less) and Chicago, Illinois (6.9% less).