High paying sales jobs in Alabama

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Alabama. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Alabama run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Alabama salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Alabama.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Alabama · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$87,140
Bachelor's degree
$46,850 – $159,9902,780
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$77,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $130,7902,410
3Insurance Sales Agents$65,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $184,8007,430
4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $127,37020,470
5Real Estate Sales Agents$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,750 – $236,2101,580
6Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$58,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $114,99012,840
7Advertising Sales Agents$50,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,410 – $106,530910
8Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$49,230
Bachelor's degree
$38,460 – $132,1304,710
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,960 – $75,33025,020
10Counter and Rental Clerks$35,170
No formal educational credential
$23,590 – $48,7508,010
11Telemarketers$34,840
No formal educational credential
$29,740 – $35,4601,330
12Parts Salespersons$33,820
No formal educational credential
$23,690 – $58,2405,880
13Retail Salespersons$30,040
No formal educational credential
$22,670 – $45,31060,880
14Cashiers$28,250
No formal educational credential
$21,300 – $34,95046,420

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAlabama	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$87,140	$46,850 – $159,990	2,780
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,070	$46,360 – $130,790	2,410
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,510	$36,540 – $184,800	7,430
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,140	$38,090 – $127,370	20,470
5	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,890	$24,750 – $236,210	1,580
6	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,840	$37,450 – $114,990	12,840
7	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,870	$22,410 – $106,530	910
8	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$49,230	$38,460 – $132,130	4,710
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$27,960 – $75,330	25,020
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$35,170	$23,590 – $48,750	8,010
11	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$34,840	$29,740 – $35,460	1,330
12	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$33,820	$23,690 – $58,240	5,880
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$30,040	$22,670 – $45,310	60,880
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,250	$21,300 – $34,950	46,420

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Alabama. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Alabama to rank honestly.

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