There is no doubt that a career in Salesforce leads to some very attractive salaries. The highest-paying Salesforce jobs combine a wealth of skills and experience with the ability to effectively administer, architect, or develop solutions that bring great value to businesses.
With the release of our first annual SF Ben Salesforce Salary Survey, we can finally take a look at the most lucrative jobs in the ecosystem. For the purposes of this article, we have just taken data from the United States and averaged the figure across intermediate, senior, and director-level roles. For more details in your specific country or region, you can download the full report.
10. Functional Consultant | $135,000
Salesforce Functional Consultants are those who implement Salesforce products. Typically found within Salesforce consultancies, these professionals are responsible for identifying a customer’s requirements and understanding their needs.
They then convert these requirements into Salesforce solutions and implement them using declarative point-and-click tools available in the Salesforce platform.
On average, at the highest levels, functional consultants will earn $162,000 while a junior position will start around $74,000.
9. Marketing Cloud Consultant | $136,000
Marketing Cloud Consultants will be focused on the Salesforce Marketing Cloud products, which consist of multiple products and studios separate from the core Salesforce platform.
Consultants working in this area require deep expertise in various marketing processes as well as highly technical areas of the product, which can extend to features such as Data Extensions and the coding language, AMPScript.
On average, at the highest levels, a marketing cloud consultant will earn $161,000, while a junior position will start around $77,000.
8. Customer Success | $136,000
Customer success roles are mostly found in product companies, which include Salesforce themselves, as well as ISV or AppExchange companies. As the name suggests, they are there to ensure customers find success with the products they are using.
Responsibilities of this role can include customer onboarding, driving product adoption, resolving issues, as well as upselling and cross-selling.
On average, at the highest levels, customer success roles will earn $169,000 while a junior position will start around $78,000.
7. Product Owner | $148,000
Salesforce Product Owners have somewhat overlapping responsibilities with a CRM Manager and Administrator but are often part of a larger team. They will be responsible for managing the roadmap for the org, prioritizing product features, and aligning the overall business strategy to the strategy of their Salesforce org.
The role requires a deep understanding of both business as well as user needs, balancing these with technical considerations.
On average, at the highest levels, product owners will earn $183,000, while a junior position will start around $100,000.
6. Program Manager | $151,000
Salesforce Program Managers share many similarities with Salesforce Project Managers when it comes to ensuring the success of Salesforce products. However, the key distinction between their responsibilities is the fact that programs are typically made up of multiple other projects and have an overarching business strategy attached to them.
This additional layer of complexity requires additional skills and expertise on the part of program managers, and as such, they can expect a higher salary for the carried-out duties.
On average, at the highest levels, program managers will earn $199,000. Although junior positions don’t seem to exist, a similar junior role as a project manager will start at around $97,000
5. Developer | $160,000
Salesforce Developers are one of the largest demographics of Salesforce professionals, extending the Salesforce platform with Apex code for complex automation, as well as using Javascript to build custom Lightning Web Components.
On average, at the highest levels, developers will earn $206,000, while a junior position will start around $78,000.
4. Solution Architect | $162,000
Salesforce Solution Architects are responsible for designing quality, scalable, and performant solutions inside Salesforce, ensuring they all fit together into a coherent and attractive solution.
The solution architect role has been on the rise in line with the demand for skilled professionals who can look at the wider picture (multi-cloud) when approaching a Salesforce project.
On average, at the highest levels, solution engineers will earn $203,000, while a junior position will start around $150,000.
3. CPQ Consultant | $173,000
Salesforce CPQ, or Configure Price Quote, is an add-on product to Sales Cloud that Salesforce acquired (formerly called SteelBrick).
CPQ helps customers with complex product suites to build out quotes and produce proposals, as well as many other helpful features. CPQ is a notoriously complex product to work with, and as such, professionals are compensated well.
On average, at the highest levels, CPQ consultants will earn $205,000, while a junior position will start around $80,000.
2. Technical Architect | $182,000
A Salesforce Technical Architect possesses extensive training and experience in Salesforce products, so it’s no surprise that they rank among the highest-paid professionals in the ecosystem!
Salesforce Technical Architects work on large-scale implementations or projects. They have the ability to oversee any element of a Salesforce implementation – understanding code, integrations, and declarative solutions, as well as other systems such as AWS, CTI systems, and BI tools.
On average, at the highest levels, technical architects will earn $222,000, while a junior position will start around $142,000.
1. DevOps Engineer | $192,000
A new entry at number one in our highest-paying Salesforce jobs series, and the honor goes to DevOps Engineers. As DevOps becomes more adopted within the Salesforce ecosystem, those who can architect the products and services being used can have a huge impact on the speed and quality of Salesforce releases.
In one individual’s case, the salary was as high as $275,000.
Bonus: Account Executives | $178,000
As always, we love to throw in a bonus, and this time the honor goes to account executives! This role would have slotted nicely into third place, but as it’s a bit of a rogue choice for a technical Salesforce professional, we’re happy to include it as a bonus.
Sales roles have always been very lucrative in the technology ecosystem, and depending on your skill set and interests, they could make a fantastic career path for those who are more commercially minded.
Mid-level roles will start at around $150,000 base plus commission (which can be around double this figure in total), while more senior roles start at around $195,000.
Summary
There’s no doubt that Salesforce jobs can guarantee remarkable salaries and open doors to financial success. And most importantly, the Salesforce ecosystem has something for everyone – whether you aspire to be a functional consultant, a developer, or a solution architect.
The highest paying Salesforce jobs offer a range of responsibilities and require expertise, all while offering salaries that reflect the level of experience and impact it brings to the table. So, if you’re looking to boost your career and enjoy the financial reward of working with the Salesforce platform, make sure you read our latest SF Ben Salesforce Salary report.
