High paying sales jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Memphis, TN-MS-AR salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$96,940
Bachelor's degree
$48,480 – $179,8001,490
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$81,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $141,180900
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,070 – $124,7904,290
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$59,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $110,4803,330
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$58,500
Bachelor's degree
$39,550 – $134,7702,210
6Insurance Sales Agents$51,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $127,3301,130
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$49,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $78,2805,050
8Real Estate Sales Agents$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $104,960470
9Parts Salespersons$38,730
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $61,8801,120
10Counter and Rental Clerks$37,430
No formal educational credential
$25,630 – $57,2501,610
11Retail Salespersons$32,580
No formal educational credential
$23,760 – $47,06017,050
12Telemarketers$30,700
No formal educational credential
$22,530 – $49,980340
13Cashiers$29,160
No formal educational credential
$22,140 – $35,91010,840

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

#	Occupation	MedianMemphis, TN-MS-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$96,940	$48,480 – $179,800	1,490
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,120	$47,960 – $141,180	900
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,430	$34,070 – $124,790	4,290
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,140	$34,270 – $110,480	3,330
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$58,500	$39,550 – $134,770	2,210
6	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,570	$30,540 – $127,330	1,130
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,010	$28,960 – $78,280	5,050
8	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$30,700 – $104,960	470
9	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$38,730	$28,510 – $61,880	1,120
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,430	$25,630 – $57,250	1,610
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$32,580	$23,760 – $47,060	17,050
12	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$30,700	$22,530 – $49,980	340
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$29,160	$22,140 – $35,910	10,840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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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