High paying sales jobs in Greenville, NC
Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Greenville, NC. 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 Greenville, NC run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville, NC 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.
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
Bachelor's degree
$52,830 – $189,21050High school diploma or equivalent
$47,810 – $129,350120High school diploma or equivalent
$36,300 – $76,500110- 4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$62,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,650 – $137,010500 - 5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$56,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $132,910520 Bachelor's degree
$42,120 – $141,790230High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $73,040210High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $75,330740No formal educational credential
$22,360 – $57,870290No formal educational credential
$24,290 – $46,760180No formal educational credential
$22,340 – $42,9102,370No formal educational credential
$21,580 – $34,2201,870
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianGreenville, NC | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree | $93,190 | $52,830 – $189,210 | 50 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $77,400 | $47,810 – $129,350 | 120 |
| 3 | Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $76,500 | $36,300 – $76,500 | 110 |
| 4 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $62,500 | $31,650 – $137,010 | 500 |
| 5 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent | $56,250 | $35,770 – $132,910 | 520 |
| 6 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree | $49,810 | $42,120 – $141,790 | 230 |
| 7 | Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $49,570 | $30,560 – $73,040 | 210 |
| 8 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $45,960 | $30,480 – $75,330 | 740 |
| 9 | Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential | $36,580 | $22,360 – $57,870 | 290 |
| 10 | Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $34,190 | $24,290 – $46,760 | 180 |
| 11 | Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $29,250 | $22,340 – $42,910 | 2,370 |
| 12 | CashiersNo formal educational credential | $27,720 | $21,580 – $34,220 | 1,870 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Greenville, NC. 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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