Customer Relationship Management Salary in the United States

How much does a Customer Relationship Management make in the United States?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Customer Relationship Management in the United States is $134,125 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $64.

However, a Customer Relationship Management's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $159,224
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $122,946 to $147,263
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $112,768
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Customer Relationship Management Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $147,263 $12,272 $2,832 $71
Average $134,125 $11,177 $2,579 $64
25th Percentile $122,946 $10,246 $2,364 $59
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Key Factors That Influence Customer Relationship Management Salaries

A Customer Relationship Management's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Customer Relationship Management Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Customer Relationship Management's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $95,890
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $119,567
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $134,902
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $162,971
  • Expert (over 8 years): $255,981
Levels Salary
Public Re... Level Customer Relationship Management$95,890
Public Re... Level Customer Relationship Management$119,567
Customer ... Level Customer Relationship Management$134,902
Public Re... Level Customer Relationship Management$162,971
VP of Pub... Level Customer Relationship Management$255,981
$95,890 0 yr
$119,567 < 2 yrs
$134,902 2-4 yrs
$162,971 5-8 yrs
$255,981 > 8 yrs
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Top Paying Cities for Customer Relationship Managements

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $169,172
  • San Francisco: $167,509
  • Oakland: $163,793

What Skills Can Increase a Customer Relationship Management's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 7.91% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Brand Awareness (Mentioned in 1.7% Job Postings): Brand awareness is the extent to which customers are able to recall or recognize a brand under different conditions. Brand awareness is one of two dimensions from brand knowledge, an associative network memory model.
  • Crisis Communications (Mentioned in 1.3% Job Postings): Crisis communication is a sub-specialty of the public relations profession that is designed to protect and defend an individual, company, or organization facing a public challenge to its reputation. The communication scholar Timothy Coombs defines crisis as "the perception of an unpredictable event that threatens important expectancies of stakeholders and can seriously impact an organization's performance and generate negative outcomes" and crisis communication as "the collection, processing, and dissemination of information required to address a crisis situation." Meaning can be socially constructed; because of this, the way that the stakeholders of an organization view an event (positively, neutrally, or negatively) is a major contributing factor to whether the event will become a crisis. Additionally, it is important to separate a true crisis situation from an incident. The term crisis “should be reserved for serious events that require careful attention from management.”
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 7.91%
Brand Awareness 1.7%
Crisis Communications 1.3%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Customer Relationship Management's salary.
  • Artificial Intelligence: Can increase your salary by up to 14%.
  • Services Marketing: Can increase your salary by up to 9%.
  • B2B: Can increase your salary by up to 5%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Artificial Intelligence
$152,903
14%
Services Marketing
$146,196
9%
B2B
$140,831
5%
Insight
$139,490
4%
Corporate Communications
$139,490
4%
Storytelling
$139,490
4%
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How Education impacts a Customer Relationship Management's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Customer Relationship Managements enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Customer Relationship Management with a Bachelor's Degree is between $122,808 and $129,718).

Customer Relationship Management Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Customer Relationship Management
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 0.3%
High School 1.6%
Associates 2.0%
Bachelors 68.7%
Masters 26.0%
Doctorate 1.4%
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Customer Relationship Management Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Customer Relationship Management's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on April 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Customer Relationship Management

Salaries for a Customer Relationship Management can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $113,386 in 2023 to around $111,588 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Customer Relationship Management salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Customer Relationship Management Over Time

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$113,386
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$112,758
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