High paying sales jobs in North Carolina

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in North Carolina. 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 North Carolina run 5.7% below the national average (2024), so a North Carolina salary is worth about 1.06× 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 North Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Carolina · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$125,370
Bachelor's degree
$58,930 – $208,07011,990
2Sales Engineers$121,530
Bachelor's degree
$73,070 – $216,5802,530
3First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$91,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,650 – $180,68011,080
4Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$74,040
Bachelor's degree
$46,660 – $178,63021,890
5Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$70,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $144,31049,110
6Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$62,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $145,63046,040
7Insurance Sales Agents$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $124,90020,540
8Real Estate Sales Agents$51,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,940 – $126,3807,960
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $77,11039,890
10Counter and Rental Clerks$38,230
No formal educational credential
$27,110 – $64,07017,580
11Telemarketers$34,380
No formal educational credential
$27,380 – $52,5001,820
12Parts Salespersons$32,480
No formal educational credential
$25,460 – $56,68011,460
13Retail Salespersons$31,370
No formal educational credential
$23,040 – $46,070127,540
14Cashiers$28,880
No formal educational credential
$22,450 – $35,810106,440

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$125,370	$58,930 – $208,070	11,990
2	Sales EngineersBachelor's degree	$121,530	$73,070 – $216,580	2,530
3	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,200	$53,650 – $180,680	11,080
4	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$74,040	$46,660 – $178,630	21,890
5	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,990	$38,200 – $144,310	49,110
6	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,620	$37,410 – $145,630	46,040
7	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$36,000 – $124,900	20,540
8	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,240	$27,940 – $126,380	7,960
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$32,030 – $77,110	39,890
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,230	$27,110 – $64,070	17,580
11	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$34,380	$27,380 – $52,500	1,820
12	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$32,480	$25,460 – $56,680	11,460
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$31,370	$23,040 – $46,070	127,540
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,880	$22,450 – $35,810	106,440

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in North Carolina. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in North Carolina to rank honestly.

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