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1,328 Illinois-eligible roles, including remote/nationwide roles. Every listing links to the employer ATS with Hiring Aggressiveness scores. 232 employers hiring now.

Live from employer ATS · Refreshed Nov 5, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC · Nightly ingest · refreshed every 24 hours

1328State-eligible roles
232Employers hiring
72Avg Hiring Aggressiveness
194Hypergrowth tier

Free Explorer currently shows 438 Illinois-eligible roles. Aethara tracks 1,328 total Illinois-eligible roles across Free and Pro, including high-intensity and nationwide-remote coverage.

The short answer

Aethara tracks 1,328 Illinois-eligible roles, including remote/nationwide roles across 232 employers. Top hirers by Hiring Aggressiveness: Samsara, Stripe and Pure Storage. State average hiring aggressiveness: 72/100. The market skews Adjacent Revenue Roles (21% of live reqs).

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Top roles by type

Best open roles in Illinois by sales function

Top Free-visible picks per category from 438 Free Explorer roles. Aethara tracks 1,328 total Illinois-eligible roles across Free and Pro. How aggressively employers are hiring for this role.

SDR / BDR

95 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Account Executive

182 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Mid-Market AE

64 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Enterprise AE

195 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Solutions Engineer

149 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Customer Success / AM

196 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Sales Leadership

167 live in Illinois · showing top 0

Adjacent Revenue Roles

280 live in Illinois · showing top 0

See the filterable Free Explorer board above for every visible role in Illinois, including lower-scored listings.

Market analysis

Illinois revenue job market at a glance

1328Live roles
232Employers
#5Of 51 states
92thPercentile
72Avg Hiring Aggressiveness · High
75%Remote-eligible

Illinois ranks #5 of 51 tracked states (92th percentile) with 1328 verified live revenue-role openings across 232 employers. State-average hiring aggressiveness is 72/100 with a active tier skew (52% of roles).

The market tilts toward Adjacent Revenue Roles (21% of reqs) concentrated in Remote-first (73%). Chicago: hardworking, resilient, volume-obsessed, social after hours. 'Windy City' work ethic - no shortcuts, results matter. Diverse workforce. Heavy emphasis on in-office culture for training; hybrid emerging.

Salesforce, Morningstar, Echo Global Logistics, Sprout Social, G2, Chime, and hundreds of B2B SaaS.

Role mix (live data)

Share of verified openings by sales role family — from 1328 live postings.

  • Adjacent Revenue Roles280 · 21% · avg hiring aggressiveness 71
  • Customer Success / AM196 · 15% · avg hiring aggressiveness 71
  • Enterprise AE195 · 15% · avg hiring aggressiveness 74
  • Account Executive182 · 14% · avg hiring aggressiveness 75
  • Sales Leadership167 · 13% · avg hiring aggressiveness 69
  • Solutions Engineer149 · 11% · avg hiring aggressiveness 73
  • SDR / BDR95 · 7% · avg hiring aggressiveness 68
  • Mid-Market AE64 · 5% · avg hiring aggressiveness 71

Hub concentration

Where live reqs cluster vs. declared hub markets (75% remote).

  • Remote-first972 roles · 73% · avg hiring aggressiveness 70Pure Storage · Datadog · Stripe
  • Chicago151 roles · 11% · avg hiring aggressiveness 75Datadog · MongoDB · Axon
  • Other markets91 roles · 7% · avg hiring aggressiveness 74Cisco · Stripe · Bosch
  • San Francisco67 roles · 5% · avg hiring aggressiveness 79DoorDash · Salesforce · Stripe
  • Remote / distributed15 roles · 1% · avg hiring aggressiveness 76Samsara · Bosch · Zayo
  • Los Angeles13 roles · 1% · avg hiring aggressiveness 78DoorDash · Reddit · Databricks
  • Atlanta5 roles · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 60Stripe · Salesforce · KeyBank
  • New York City4 roles · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 61Stripe · Reddit · Cisco
  • Statewide2 roles · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0Samyang America, Inc. · Salesforce
  • Schaumburg2 roles · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0US Energy Company
  • Houston2 roles · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0DoorDash
  • San Diego1 role · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0DoorDash
  • Dallas1 role · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0Groupon
  • Arlington1 role · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0Samyang America, Inc.
  • Denver1 role · 0% · avg hiring aggressiveness 0Datadog

Top employers hiring

Ranked by concurrent open reqs in Illinois.

  1. 1
    Salesforce82 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 76 · High tier
  2. 2
    Stripe46 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 84 · High tier
  3. 3
    ServiceNow33 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 66 · Moderate tier
  4. 4
    Pure Storage32 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 86 · Hypergrowth tier
  5. 5
    Samsara31 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 85 · Hypergrowth tier
  6. 6
    Braze31 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 85 · Hypergrowth tier

Hiring velocity

Tier distribution and posting freshness from live ATS data.

  • Hypergrowth194 · 15%
  • High696 · 52%
  • Moderate389 · 29%
  • Minimal / Verify49 · 4%

72% of reqs posted/refreshed in the last 14 days.

Compensation signals

512 state-eligible roles include employer-published compensation. Job cards distinguish base pay from on-target earnings (OTE), which include variable pay. Ranges may vary by location; confirm the applicable range with the employer.

Aethara state blueprint · Hand-crafted depth

The Illinois Revenue Roles Blueprint

Original ingest snapshot — Nov 5, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC. Strategy and employer guidance reflect that snapshot. Live panels use current active listings.

📍 Why Illinois for Revenue Roles?

FactorDetail
Tech Hub StatusGritty, high-volume, high-reward. Chicago is a sales career launchpad.
Economic ImpactIllinois tech sector — 1,328 Illinois-eligible roles this refresh across 232 employers.

Full deep-dive blueprint: compensation tables, 4 career paths, 6-step entry strategy, hub locations, market realities, and company-specific Phase 1–5 strategies — unlock to view.

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Hiring Events

Sales hiring & career events for Illinois

Upcoming events for revenue roles (SDR/BDR, AE, account management, sales engineering, RevOps) over the next few months — both virtual events you can join from anywhere and in-person events near Illinois metros. Use these to meet recruiters, find warm intros, and discover teams that are actively hiring.

Virtual events — open to anyone, anywhere

VirtualRecurring

PowerToFly Virtual Job Fairs

PowerToFlyVirtual · open to any state

Recurring virtual job fairs — check PowerToFly for the next session; AI & Emerging Tech fair Sept 17, 2026

Free online job fairs with thousands of open roles (including sales) where you network live with recruiters and hiring managers across the country.

Register / details
VirtualRecurring

RevGenius Demo Days & Revenue Roundtables

RevGeniusVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — monthly (next sessions through summer/fall 2026)

Free virtual sessions for a 50k-member revenue community (SDR/AE/RevOps) — great for warm intros and discovering teams that are hiring.

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VirtualRecurring

Tenbound Sales Development Events

TenboundVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — community webinars year-round; Sales Dev Summit (hybrid) annually

SDR/BDR-focused community sessions and the Sales Dev Summit — the tightest practitioner network for breaking into sales development.

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VirtualRecurring

Pavilion Functional Peer Groups & Virtual Roundtables

PavilionVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — monthly virtual roundtables (sales, RevOps, CS)

Virtual roundtables for go-to-market operators (sales, RevOps, customer success) — strong for AE/leadership networking and referrals.

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VirtualRecurring

Bravado War Room Community Events

BravadoVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — member events & panels throughout 2026

A 200k+ sales-professional community with member-only virtual events, candid hiring and compensation discussions, and a curated sales job board.

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VirtualRecurring

Sales Assembly GTM Programs

Sales AssemblyVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — live virtual programs year-round

Live, role-specific virtual programs (SDR, AE, AM/CS, RevOps) from a national B2B-tech revenue community — skill-building plus employer exposure.

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Virtual

Dreamforce on Salesforce+

SalesforceVirtual · open to any state

Sept 15–17, 2026 (free virtual stream)

The free streamed edition of Dreamforce — plug into the Salesforce ecosystem and its broad sales and customer-success community from anywhere.

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In-person events in Illinois

In-person

Sales Assembly Revenue Leaders Dinner — Chicago

Sales AssemblyChicago, IL

July 15, 2026

Invite-only Chicago dinner for B2B-tech revenue leaders — a high-signal room for sales leadership networking (request an invite via the link).

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In-personRecurring

Tech in Motion Chicago

Motion RecruitmentChicago, IL

Recurring — monthly tech networking events

Monthly Chicago tech mixers, panels and demos — a low-pressure way to meet hiring teams and recruiters in person.

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Dates and formats are subject to change, and some entries are recurring series rather than a single confirmed date. Always confirm details and register through each event's link.

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