High paying sales jobs in Johnson City, TN

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Johnson City, 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 Johnson City, TN run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Johnson City, 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, Johnson City, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$81,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,200 – $131,11070
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$72,330
Bachelor's degree
$36,580 – $155,710140
3Insurance Sales Agents$63,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $63,400120
4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$54,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,350 – $117,150650
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$46,950
Bachelor's degree
$25,960 – $123,670170
6First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,700 – $73,290720
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,380 – $97,640350
8Counter and Rental Clerks$37,370
No formal educational credential
$25,100 – $54,810220
9Real Estate Sales Agents$36,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $71,38040
10Parts Salespersons$35,870
No formal educational credential
$24,170 – $59,480210
11Retail Salespersons$29,820
No formal educational credential
$22,590 – $46,1902,330
12Cashiers$27,160
No formal educational credential
$20,750 – $33,9301,920

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

#	Occupation	MedianJohnson City, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,700	$47,200 – $131,110	70
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$72,330	$36,580 – $155,710	140
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,400	$38,000 – $63,400	120
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,440	$30,350 – $117,150	650
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$46,950	$25,960 – $123,670	170
6	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$27,700 – $73,290	720
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$26,380 – $97,640	350
8	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,370	$25,100 – $54,810	220
9	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,650	$28,360 – $71,380	40
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$35,870	$24,170 – $59,480	210
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$29,820	$22,590 – $46,190	2,330
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$27,160	$20,750 – $33,930	1,920

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Johnson City, 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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