High paying sales jobs in Cleveland, TN

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cleveland, TN. 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 Cleveland, TN run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, TN salary is worth about 1.14× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Cleveland, TN · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$109,730
Bachelor's degree
$51,290 – $153,45080
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$78,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,570 – $158,27050
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$57,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,420 – $126,370320
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$51,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,460 – $99,300160
5Insurance Sales Agents$51,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $119,57080
6Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$47,800
Bachelor's degree
$36,840 – $85,420130
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,190 – $76,310420
8Counter and Rental Clerks$36,730
No formal educational credential
$26,680 – $60,56090
9Parts Salespersons$34,050
No formal educational credential
$23,990 – $62,96090
10Retail Salespersons$32,160
No formal educational credential
$23,570 – $45,6301,230
11Telemarketers$28,040
No formal educational credential
$21,170 – $33,850100
12Cashiers$27,140
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $33,6801,000

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$109,730	$51,290 – $153,450	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,470	$49,570 – $158,270	50
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,390	$32,420 – $126,370	320
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,860	$33,460 – $99,300	160
5	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,120	$36,340 – $119,570	80
6	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$47,800	$36,840 – $85,420	130
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$27,190 – $76,310	420
8	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$36,730	$26,680 – $60,560	90
9	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$34,050	$23,990 – $62,960	90
10	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$32,160	$23,570 – $45,630	1,230
11	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$28,040	$21,170 – $33,850	100
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$27,140	$20,800 – $33,680	1,000

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cleveland, TN. 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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