High paying sales jobs in Minnesota
Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Minnesota. 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 Minnesota run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Minnesota salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Minnesota.
Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024
Bachelor's degree
$55,690 – $195,4304,960Bachelor's degree
$68,630 – $147,230990High school diploma or equivalent
$49,810 – $137,3302,130Bachelor's degree
$50,600 – $320,4408,820High school diploma or equivalent
$49,350 – $161,03010,010- 6Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$76,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $136,84031,230 - 7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$75,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,810 – $146,20019,220 High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $127,7101,750High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $75,90021,530No formal educational credential
$30,850 – $63,4805,790High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $108,0402,530No formal educational credential
$30,630 – $67,0504,710High school diploma or equivalent
$29,610 – $75,950940No formal educational credential
$28,710 – $48,08074,840No formal educational credential
$27,880 – $39,52058,190No formal educational credential
$31,550 – $38,1801,400
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianMinnesota | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree | $103,000 | $55,690 – $195,430 | 4,960 |
| 2 | Sales EngineersBachelor's degree | $100,570 | $68,630 – $147,230 | 990 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $88,510 | $49,810 – $137,330 | 2,130 |
| 4 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree | $83,350 | $50,600 – $320,440 | 8,820 |
| 5 | Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $78,640 | $49,350 – $161,030 | 10,010 |
| 6 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $76,750 | $46,680 – $136,840 | 31,230 |
| 7 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent | $75,370 | $40,810 – $146,200 | 19,220 |
| 8 | Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $62,660 | $35,340 – $127,710 | 1,750 |
| 9 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,770 | $36,550 – $75,900 | 21,530 |
| 10 | Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $47,030 | $30,850 – $63,480 | 5,790 |
| 11 | Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $46,410 | $36,150 – $108,040 | 2,530 |
| 12 | Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential | $44,850 | $30,630 – $67,050 | 4,710 |
| 13 | Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $38,350 | $29,610 – $75,950 | 940 |
| 14 | Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $36,370 | $28,710 – $48,080 | 74,840 |
| 15 | CashiersNo formal educational credential | $34,620 | $27,880 – $39,520 | 58,190 |
| 16 | Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential | $34,180 | $31,550 – $38,180 | 1,400 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Minnesota. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Minnesota to rank honestly.
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High paying sales jobs in each state
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