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这里的售前年薪100万超过20%!真相大揭秘……快来和高薪售前做朋友!

June 3, 2024
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This article has been professionally translated from Chinese

This is the presales compensation report published last year, for your reference. If you'd like to see the 2023 compensation report, give this article a like—once we hit 50 likes, we'll run the survey again.


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How do you measure the value of presales?

How do you gauge how much your company values the presales role?

How do you know how much your company values you?

We've said it before: what they say matters less than what they pay you—compensation is the primary yardstick for answering these questions.


How High Are Presales Salaries? No Comparison, No Motivation

In that article, we shared presales income data from "职友集" (a Chinese job data aggregator), along with statistical breakdowns by various criteria. We also conducted a 2022 income survey among followers of the "PresalesChina Community" (售前青云荟) WeChat official account. The key questions included:

  • Q1: Your gender

  • Q2: Your age range

  • Q3: Your education level

  • Q4: Your work city

  • Q5: Primary industries of the clients you serve (select up to 3)

  • Q6: How many years have you been working?

  • Q7: How many cumulative years have you worked in presales?

  • Q8: What was your fixed income in 2022 (in 10,000 RMB)?

  • Q9: What was your variable income in 2022—bonuses, vested stock, etc. (in 10,000 RMB)? Enter only the whole number; exclude other income sources like investment returns.

  • Q10: What is your expected total income for 2023?


After reviewing all the responses, the biggest takeaway for our editor Qingyun was:

These numbers are sky-high—absolutely sky-high!

Hey, top earners—please take us under your wing!


Now let's dive into the detailed statistical report. First, let's look at the stratospheric numbers from the top-earning presales professionals:


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High-Income Highlights


Among survey respondents, over 20% earned more than 1 million RMB (approx. $140K USD) in 2022!

This clearly demonstrates:

  • The PresalesChina Community (售前青云荟) audience is unequivocally a high-income group!

  • PresalesChina Community is the highest-earning professional presales community in China!



Key Insights:

  • Earning 1 million RMB annually in presales is not out of reach. While the actual percentage is far below 20%, the absolute number of people at that level is significant. A seven-figure salary is a realistic goal to strive for.

  • High earners are concentrated in the 30+ age bracket, indicating that experience accumulation matters.

  • Among high earners, the proportion with master's degrees is significantly higher than those with bachelor's degrees. Advanced education carries value—or at least, it selects for high-ability individuals.

  • Top earners are concentrated in first-tier and new first-tier cities.

  • Variable income ratios are far higher than for most presales professionals, likely driven by stock vesting events, which inflates non-fixed compensation.

  • High-earning presales professionals primarily serve clients in internet and financial services industries. Note: some respondents may have interpreted the question as referring to their own employer's industry (e.g., internet), which could introduce data bias.


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Full Sample Statistics

Now that we've admired (and envied) the top earners, let's look at the overall compensation picture across all survey respondents:

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