High paying sales jobs in Mankato, MN

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mankato, MN. 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 Mankato, MN run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mankato, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Mankato, MN · Employed

1Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$80,310
Bachelor's degree
$46,900 – $395,22090
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$70,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,040 – $114,83040
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$69,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,380 – $125,300530
4Insurance Sales Agents$65,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,530 – $107,110120
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$60,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $109,270220
6Advertising Sales Agents$60,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $129,86030
7Parts Salespersons$47,750
No formal educational credential
$30,370 – $64,570160
8First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,150 – $72,040510
9Real Estate Sales Agents$44,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,880 – $79,88030
10Counter and Rental Clerks$44,070
No formal educational credential
$29,260 – $65,46090
11Retail Salespersons$35,350
No formal educational credential
$28,150 – $45,3801,780
12Cashiers$33,530
No formal educational credential
$28,150 – $38,6901,140
13Sales and Related Workers, All Other$28,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,930 – $42,91060

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

#	Occupation	MedianMankato, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$80,310	$46,900 – $395,220	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,580	$51,040 – $114,830	40
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,100	$43,380 – $125,300	530
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,200	$48,530 – $107,110	120
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,850	$37,360 – $109,270	220
6	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,050	$30,670 – $129,860	30
7	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$47,750	$30,370 – $64,570	160
8	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$35,150 – $72,040	510
9	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,750	$24,880 – $79,880	30
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$44,070	$29,260 – $65,460	90
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$35,350	$28,150 – $45,380	1,780
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$33,530	$28,150 – $38,690	1,140
13	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,930	$28,930 – $42,910	60

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