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Cengage
About Cengage
Nearly every Cengage seller works from home and carries a state or a group of states: 21 of the 22 sales openings are in the US, the other an associate customer success consultant in Ontario. K-12 is the biggest block, with six field sales consultants (territories in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas, Minnesota and Colorado, the last for National Geographic Learning) and an inside education consultant working virtually out of Atlanta, all calling on district curriculum directors, teachers and librarians with print and digital curriculum and hauling sample materials to visits (the postings ask reps to lift 50 lbs). Higher education is sold account by account: strategic account directors in Georgia and Minnesota own forecasts, renewals and multi-year contracts with provosts and procurement for Cengage Unlimited Institutional Access and the Inclusive and Equitable Access models, backed by four customer success consultants with renewal revenue targets (North Carolina, Tennessee, Ontario and one more) and a San Diego sales consultant who keeps orders, billing and Salesforce current for open territories. Three more consultant seats sit in Texas (one also listing Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah) and in Oregon and Washington, where a senior field consultant works the territory. Outside schools and colleges, two mid-market account executives prospect CISOs and CIOs for InfoSec cybersecurity workforce training, ed2go has a business development director in Lexington, Kentucky chasing seven-figure state and workforce funding partnerships and an Illinois enrollment manager leading a team of enrollment reps, and an Ohio enablement manager runs onboarding and sales plays.
Typical pay, live
, SalesJobs.Now shows 16 open Cengage sales roles; the postings mostly run from $59.3k to $97.8k a year, with $59.8k in the middle.
Cengage sales openings
Board read 2 Nov 2026, 08:09 UTC- $41,500–$53,950/yr
Comparable sales openings elsewhere
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Founding BDR (shows the role here)
AlwaysHired · SDR & BDR · San Francisco, CA· 4w agoDetails
$70,000–$91,000/yr
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Business Development Director, Strategic Workforce Funding Partnerships (shows the role here)
Partner sales · Lexington, KY, USA· 5d agoDetails
$117,100–$187,300/yr
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Founding GTM (shows the role here)
AlwaysHired · AE · San Francisco, CA· 4w agoDetails
$140,000–$160,000/yr
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- $19–$24/hr
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Founding SDR (shows the role here)
AlwaysHired · SDR & BDR · New York, NY· 4w agoDetails
$85,000/yr
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Associate Customer Success Consultant (shows the role here)
Customer success · Ontario, CAN· 2w agoDetails
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Founding GTM Associate (shows the role here)
AlwaysHired · SDR & BDR · San Francisco, CA· 4w agoDetails
$100,000–$130,000/yr
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Customer Success Consultant (shows the role here)
Customer success · North Carolina, USA· 2w agoDetails
$67,000–$87,100/yr- $77,100–$100,200/yr
- $52,000–$67,600/yr
- $41,500–$54,000/yr
- $52,000–$70,000/yr
Customer Success Consultant, TN (shows the role here)
Customer success · Tennessee, USA· 3w agoDetails
$67,000–$88,000/yr- $27–$30/hr
- $52,000–$67,600/yr
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Cengage as an employer
Education publisher and learning technology company whose sales hiring is remote territory selling to US school districts and colleges. Posted pay: $59.3k–$97.8k/yr, midpoint $59.8k/yr.
Hiring now, with pay read from the salaries its own postings state16 sales openings at Cengage, as its own board showed them 2 Nov 2026.
Cengage pays a base salary (an hourly rate on its inside K-12 and mid-market seats) plus its variable sales incentive plan, with a discretionary bonus instead for the enrollment manager and the enablement role, and most sellers work from a home office inside their territory.
US, remote by territory: Georgia (Atlanta), Minnesota (Minneapolis), Missouri (St. Louis), Oklahoma, Colorado (Denver), Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Oregon and Washington, California (San Diego), North Carolina, Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville), Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky (Lexington); abroad one opening in Ontario, Canada.
Pay at Cengage
From today's postings, 2 Nov 2026Midpoint $59.8k/yr across 13 openings with posted pay. Posted figures range from $39.5k/yr to $187k/yr.
Based on 13 distinct posted pay ranges, at this company, every range put on a yearly basis (a rate per hour × 2,080 hours). 3 of the 16 openings here list no pay.
| Sales role | Openings | Typical base | Top posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE | 10 | $50.6k–$88.4k/yr | $100k/yr |
| Customer success | 3 | $67k–$88k/yr2 salaries | $88k/yr |
| Partner sales | 1 | $117k–$187k/yr1 salary | $187k/yr |
| RevOps | 1 | No pay posted | None posted |
| Sales leadership | 1 | No pay posted | None posted |
Best-paid Cengage openings on the board
All 16 of its openings, sorted by payBusiness Development Director, Strategic Workforce Funding Partnerships (shows the role here)
Partner sales · Lexington, KY, USA· 5d agoDetails
$117,100–$187,300/yr- $77,100–$100,200/yr
Customer Success Consultant, TN (shows the role here)
Customer success · Tennessee, USA· 3w agoDetails
$67,000–$88,000/yrCustomer Success Consultant (shows the role here)
Customer success · North Carolina, USA· 2w agoDetails
$67,000–$87,100/yr- $67,000–$87,100/yr
Typical means from the 25th percentile of the midpoints of posted ranges (each counted as yearly pay, a rate per hour at 2,080 hours) to the 90th percentile of their top ends, the yardstick behind every list on this site. How we source and grade each salary figure.
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Is Cengage a good company to sell for?
Education publisher and learning technology company whose sales hiring is remote territory selling to US school districts and colleges.
Is Cengage still an active employer?
Yes. Education publisher and learning technology company whose sales hiring is remote territory selling to US school districts and colleges. How its pay is structured: Cengage pays a base salary (an hourly rate on its inside K-12 and mid-market seats) plus its variable sales incentive plan, with a discretionary bonus instead for the enrollment manager and the enablement role, and most sellers work from a home office inside their territory.
What does a sales job at Cengage pay?
On Cengage's board today, the 13 openings that post pay put the typical band at $59.3k–$97.8k/yr and the midpoint at $59.8k/yr. Posted figures range from $39.5k/yr up to $187k/yr.
Is selling for Cengage worth it?
Posted pay at Cengage: $59.3k–$97.8k/yr, midpoint $59.8k/yr. Business services suit reps who want a structured sales organization, a defined territory and a clear ladder.
How is Cengage's sales comp put together?
Cengage pays a base salary (an hourly rate on its inside K-12 and mid-market seats) plus its variable sales incentive plan, with a discretionary bonus instead for the enrollment manager and the enablement role, and most sellers work from a home office inside their territory.
Where are Cengage's sales roles based?
US, remote by territory: Georgia (Atlanta), Minnesota (Minneapolis), Missouri (St. Louis), Oklahoma, Colorado (Denver), Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Oregon and Washington, California (San Diego), North Carolina, Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville), Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky (Lexington); abroad one opening in Ontario, Canada.
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