Market reality by discipline
Sales & Business Development Salaries: What the Market Actually Shows
Sales & Business Development pay feels easy to compare until you start opening real job posts.
The reality is that only 19.5% of active roles disclose compensation, even though the discipline still has 87,052 live openings.
This page shows the salary range that is visible, how much of the market is actually transparent, and where hiring is still moving.
Active roles
87,052
Visible demand in this discipline right now.
Fresh roles
3,810
New roles added in the last 7 days.
Updated
June 30, 2026
Most recent cached market snapshot for this page.
Typical salary range
$72,501 to $107,872
What the visible pay data clusters around right now.
Percent of roles with visible pay
19.5%
16,996 active roles with disclosed compensation
Total active jobs
87,052
Current live inventory in this discipline.
New roles added in the last 7 days
3,810
134.6% more new roles than the prior week
What this means
Search strategy should follow market shape, not wishful thinking.
Visible compensation is useful, but it is only one slice of the discipline. Treat the disclosed range as a negotiating signal, not the full market.
Where demand is concentrating
The employers and examples below are anchored in the part of the market that is still revealing compensation.
Where the activity is showing up
Location labels from the live slice behind this page. Use them to spot whether your search is too narrow geographically.
Role examples from this market slice
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