High paying sales jobs in New Jersey

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a New Jersey salary is worth about 0.92× 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 New Jersey.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Jersey · Employed

1Sales Engineers$139,010
Bachelor's degree
$91,370 – $191,0501,760
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$131,360
Bachelor's degree
$73,860 – $226,4205,600
3First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$99,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,640 – $167,15010,370
4Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$82,420
Bachelor's degree
$50,850 – $212,84015,230
5Insurance Sales Agents$81,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,330 – $169,77011,370
6Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $169,82034,360
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$79,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,290 – $167,43044,980
8Sales and Related Workers, All Other$74,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $106,8904,190
9Advertising Sales Agents$69,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $125,8902,110
10Travel Agents$61,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $77,5601,660
11First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$57,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,200 – $82,75031,160
12Counter and Rental Clerks$48,900
No formal educational credential
$35,540 – $75,5209,540
13Parts Salespersons$45,510
No formal educational credential
$34,310 – $74,4804,810
14Retail Salespersons$36,520
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $60,21072,530
15Demonstrators and Product Promoters$36,420
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $44,9801,550
16Cashiers$34,590
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $43,260107,680

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Jersey	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales EngineersBachelor's degree	$139,010	$91,370 – $191,050	1,760
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$131,360	$73,860 – $226,420	5,600
3	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,030	$61,640 – $167,150	10,370
4	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$82,420	$50,850 – $212,840	15,230
5	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,640	$49,330 – $169,770	11,370
6	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,410	$47,910 – $169,820	34,360
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,200	$44,290 – $167,430	44,980
8	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,520	$39,520 – $106,890	4,190
9	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,620	$37,760 – $125,890	2,110
10	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,090	$36,140 – $77,560	1,660
11	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,320	$39,200 – $82,750	31,160
12	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$48,900	$35,540 – $75,520	9,540
13	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$45,510	$34,310 – $74,480	4,810
14	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,520	$32,220 – $60,210	72,530
15	Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential	$36,420	$32,220 – $44,980	1,550
16	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$34,590	$32,220 – $43,260	107,680

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