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Strategic Customer Success Manager salary: median $138,500 a year

Strategic Customer Success Manager listings that state pay run from $120,000 to $164,500 for the middle half, based on 30 current job listings. 49 strategic customer success manager roles are open now.

Strategic Customer Success Manager pay range

From 30 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$120,000
Median
$138,500
Upper quarter
$164,500

Do AI skills change strategic customer success manager pay?

For Customer Success roles in general, as of October 26, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for strategic customer success manager alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Customer Success listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $140,000, against $120,000 for those that never mention AI (+16.7%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$140,000
median, from 215 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$120,000
median, from 271 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Strategic Customer Success Manager salary questions

How much does a strategic customer success manager make?
Among 30 open strategic customer success manager listings that state pay, the median is $138,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $120,000 and $164,500.
Where does this strategic customer success manager pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays strategic customer success managers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $164,000.

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