Director of Sales, Automotive

Manages a team responsible for selling automotive products to commercial customers.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$266k

Mean

$277k

10th–90th pct

$202k–$367k

Observations

Confidence: 30% · based on 52 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

B2B Sales

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

63% require · 28% prefer

Master's Degree

7% require · 33% prefer

No College

22% require · 13% prefer

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Common next roles

Automotive Sales Representative-56.3%Director of Commercial Analytics, Automotive+0.3%Automotive Key Account Manager-58.1%Automotive Commercial Analyst-59.1%Automotive Pricing Analyst-61.9%

Common previous roles

Automotive Sales Representative-128.6%Automotive Key Account Manager-138.9%Automotive Pricing Analyst-162.4%Automotive Commercial Analyst-144.5%Director of Commercial Analytics, Automotive+0.3%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)4,411

Posting growth+29.8%

Median days to fill20 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)119,728

Projected growth1.4%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness25%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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