High paying sales jobs in Kentucky

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kentucky. 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 Kentucky run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Kentucky salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kentucky.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kentucky · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$97,640
Bachelor's degree
$48,870 – $198,1404,170
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$73,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,850 – $132,1002,090
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,030 – $133,09015,550
4Insurance Sales Agents$60,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $144,7806,210
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$59,110
Bachelor's degree
$45,640 – $127,8205,340
6Real Estate Sales Agents$58,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $105,0001,120
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$52,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $116,88011,860
8First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$40,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $69,93018,290
9Counter and Rental Clerks$38,990
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $61,2002,960
10Parts Salespersons$36,400
No formal educational credential
$24,100 – $59,1104,220
11Telemarketers$34,450
No formal educational credential
$29,090 – $48,720910
12Retail Salespersons$29,650
No formal educational credential
$22,400 – $43,85051,250
13Cashiers$28,590
No formal educational credential
$21,720 – $35,55044,550

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

#	Occupation	MedianKentucky	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$97,640	$48,870 – $198,140	4,170
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,320	$48,850 – $132,100	2,090
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,280	$36,030 – $133,090	15,550
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,880	$32,160 – $144,780	6,210
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$59,110	$45,640 – $127,820	5,340
6	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,610	$34,320 – $105,000	1,120
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,750	$33,120 – $116,880	11,860
8	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,080	$28,360 – $69,930	18,290
9	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,990	$27,040 – $61,200	2,960
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,400	$24,100 – $59,110	4,220
11	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$34,450	$29,090 – $48,720	910
12	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$29,650	$22,400 – $43,850	51,250
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,590	$21,720 – $35,550	44,550

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kentucky. 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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Without a degree

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

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