High paying sales jobs in Delaware

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Delaware. 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware salary is worth about 1.00× 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 Delaware.

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

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$107,830
Bachelor's degree
$58,550 – $146,460960
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$86,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,920 – $133,470960
3Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$83,750
Bachelor's degree
$48,420 – $184,9602,300
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$67,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,920 – $121,5302,910
5Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$62,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,420 – $123,2602,920
6First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$55,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,220 – $76,6204,200
7Real Estate Sales Agents$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,220 – $103,140900
8Insurance Sales Agents$46,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $100,0501,220
9Counter and Rental Clerks$38,600
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $59,350870
10Parts Salespersons$38,050
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $63,990980
11Retail Salespersons$35,360
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,42013,400
12Cashiers$33,490
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $37,03011,450

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$107,830	$58,550 – $146,460	960
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,260	$61,920 – $133,470	960
3	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$83,750	$48,420 – $184,960	2,300
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,540	$39,920 – $121,530	2,910
5	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,280	$43,420 – $123,260	2,920
6	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,710	$38,220 – $76,620	4,200
7	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$34,220 – $103,140	900
8	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,710	$35,950 – $100,050	1,220
9	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,600	$31,200 – $59,350	870
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$38,050	$31,200 – $63,990	980
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$35,360	$31,200 – $47,420	13,400
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$33,490	$31,200 – $37,030	11,450

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