High paying sales jobs in Maine

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Maine. 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 Maine run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Maine salary is worth about 1.03× 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 Maine.

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

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OccupationMedian, Maine · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$82,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,880 – $133,890820
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$63,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,690 – $107,4603,320
3Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$63,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,040 – $107,2702,120
4Insurance Sales Agents$62,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,370 – $106,9902,240
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$59,970
Bachelor's degree
$49,100 – $177,170690
6Real Estate Sales Agents$56,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,920 – $114,130740
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$53,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $76,0705,760
8Advertising Sales Agents$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $104,990400
9Counter and Rental Clerks$46,870
No formal educational credential
$34,820 – $60,6101,180
10Parts Salespersons$45,350
No formal educational credential
$31,470 – $60,0201,630
11Retail Salespersons$36,640
No formal educational credential
$31,300 – $49,50018,450
12Cashiers$34,930
No formal educational credential
$30,770 – $38,89014,240

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaine	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,910	$48,880 – $133,890	820
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,960	$42,690 – $107,460	3,320
3	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,900	$39,040 – $107,270	2,120
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,920	$47,370 – $106,990	2,240
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$59,970	$49,100 – $177,170	690
6	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,930	$30,920 – $114,130	740
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,580	$41,600 – $76,070	5,760
8	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$37,600 – $104,990	400
9	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$46,870	$34,820 – $60,610	1,180
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$45,350	$31,470 – $60,020	1,630
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,640	$31,300 – $49,500	18,450
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$34,930	$30,770 – $38,890	14,240

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