Principal Account Executive, US LCS, Automotive
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $160,900 to $217,600
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Monica, CA +1 more
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- LocationSanta Monica, CA +1 more
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
All places named
- Santa Monica, CA
- Irvine, CA
How this pay compares
Base floor $160,900, above 60% of the 879 Sales roles in California on this site. The employer's range is $56,700 wide, 35% of the floor. Observed open for 3 days so far (since Nov 5, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 879 Sales roles in California listed on this site, the median base floor is $150,000 and the middle half runs from $125,000 to $185,000. This role's floor ($160,900) is above 60% of them.
Base floors of 879 Sales roles in California
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 24.9% | 219 |
| $125K to $150K | 21.8% | 192 |
| $150K to $175K | 21.3% | 187 |
| $175K to $200K | 12.5% | 110 |
| $200K to $225K | 8.2% | 72 |
| $225K to $250K | 4.1% | 36 |
| $250K to $275K | 2.8% | 25 |
| $275K and up | 4.3% | 38 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 879 open postings with this job family in California
- Sample size
- 879
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in California vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales, California | $150K | 879 |
| Sales, all states | $141,500 | 4,293 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $160,900 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 879 in California; 4293 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Amazon pays
999 of Amazon's 4,069 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 3,069 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $131,500 to $159,300.
Base floors of Amazon's 4,069 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 17.4% | 710 |
| $125K to $150K | 46.3% | 1,885 |
| $150K to $175K | 22.5% | 917 |
| $175K to $200K | 11.5% | 466 |
| $200K to $225K | 1.8% | 74 |
| $225K to $250K | 0.2% | 7 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.2% | 9 |
| $275K and up | <0.1% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 4,069 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 4069
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Sales roles in California with the nearest published base floor to $160,900, one per employer.
- Frontier Data Strategist Scale AI · base floor $160,800
- Oncology Account Manager (Solid Tumor) Orange County, CA GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) · base floor $161,250
- Senior Relationship Manager - Director -Managing Director Db · base floor $160,000
- Business Development Manager - Commercial Interiors/Tenant Improvement Swinerton · base floor $160,000
- Solutions Architect Flow Engineering · base floor $160,000
About this job
Amazon Media Group operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of Kindles, tablets, and devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.
Key job responsibilities
As a Principal Account Executive in our Automotive Vertical, you will report to a Sales Manager and use your 10+ years’ experience selling digital advertising solutions to the Fortune 500 C-Level and their ad agencies to successfully grow and scale the category’s domestic revenues. With your broad and long-standing client-side and agency relationships within the Digital world (specifically in the Autos vertical), consultative approach and deep understanding of the digital advertising landscape, inclusive of Programmatic, OTT and Display - you will act as a strategic partner to your assigned clients and sell a broad range of advertising solutions that will ensure that their business goals are met.
As an individual contributor, you’ll be supported by our operations team and will benefit from working alongside the leadership team that has charted our explosive growth
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of B2B sales experience
- Experience consistently closing sales and generating revenues
- Experience of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
- Experience interacting with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Experience with high-level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
Preferred Qualifications
- 12-15+ years of B2B sales experience
- 10+ years of digital media experience working with Automotive clients
- Ability to navigate data and leverage analytics to make decisions and tell stories
- Experience developing and closing multi-channel, data led partnerships specific to the Automotive space
- Thorough understanding of the OTT and Programmatic landscape
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Irvine - 160,900.00 - 217,600.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 160,900.00 - 217,600.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingPrincipal Account Executive, US LCS, Automotive$160,900 to $217,600
Network Dev Engineer III - AMZ9765570$159,890 to $184,000
Data Engineer II - AMZ27757.1$160,113 to $196,600
Manager III, Plan/Dev - AMZ23026.12$160,118 to $193,200
Sr Mgr, Vendor Management, Global Outsourcing$160,300 to $216,800
Data Engineer III - AMZ10455847$160,472 to $188,200
Tech Ops Engineer II - AMZ9971307$160,493 to $210,800
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Principal Account Executive, US LCS, Automotive (this listing) | $160,900 - $217,600 |
| Network Dev Engineer III - AMZ9765570 | $159,890 - $184,000 |
| Data Engineer II - AMZ27757.1 | $160,113 - $196,600 |
| Manager III, Plan/Dev - AMZ23026.12 | $160,118 - $193,200 |
| Sr Mgr, Vendor Management, Global Outsourcing | $160,300 - $216,800 |
| Data Engineer III - AMZ10455847 | $160,472 - $188,200 |
| Tech Ops Engineer II - AMZ9971307 | $160,493 - $210,800 |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 5, 2026 (3 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-04
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US, CA, Santa Monica • US, CA, Irvine
USA, CA, Irvine - 160,900.00 - 217,600.00 USD annually
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
