High paying sales jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$167,890
Bachelor's degree
$59,230 – $326,29059,450
2Sales Engineers$147,570
Bachelor's degree
$90,260 – $218,6803,440
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$133,690
Bachelor's degree
$73,440 – $226,4207,800
4First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$116,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,090 – $192,66018,300
5Real Estate Sales Agents$103,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,350 – $179,5008,320
6Advertising Sales Agents$99,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,200 – $177,66013,210
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$93,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,370 – $176,30091,680
8Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$81,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $161,94061,860
9Insurance Sales Agents$80,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,150 – $176,01021,280
10Sales and Related Workers, All Other$74,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $110,1303,860
11First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$58,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,350 – $91,14052,270
12Travel Agents$58,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $94,0503,610
13Counter and Rental Clerks$48,040
No formal educational credential
$36,540 – $75,07016,880
14Parts Salespersons$46,930
No formal educational credential
$35,000 – $75,1906,050
15Demonstrators and Product Promoters$44,980
No formal educational credential
$34,880 – $60,6103,800
16Retail Salespersons$38,280
No formal educational credential
$34,680 – $60,940202,080
17Cashiers$35,950
No formal educational credential
$32,850 – $46,020173,830

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$167,890	$59,230 – $326,290	59,450
2	Sales EngineersBachelor's degree	$147,570	$90,260 – $218,680	3,440
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$133,690	$73,440 – $226,420	7,800
4	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$116,980	$67,090 – $192,660	18,300
5	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,550	$48,350 – $179,500	8,320
6	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,010	$50,200 – $177,660	13,210
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,750	$46,370 – $176,300	91,680
8	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,140	$48,160 – $161,940	61,860
9	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,620	$43,150 – $176,010	21,280
10	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,530	$39,460 – $110,130	3,860
11	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,930	$41,350 – $91,140	52,270
12	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,430	$36,140 – $94,050	3,610
13	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$48,040	$36,540 – $75,070	16,880
14	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$46,930	$35,000 – $75,190	6,050
15	Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential	$44,980	$34,880 – $60,610	3,800
16	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$38,280	$34,680 – $60,940	202,080
17	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$35,950	$32,850 – $46,020	173,830

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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