High paying sales jobs in Rochester, NY

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rochester, NY. 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 Rochester, NY run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, NY salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Rochester, NY · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$109,040
Bachelor's degree
$63,970 – $170,040990
2Sales Engineers$103,640
Bachelor's degree
$72,150 – $162,870180
3First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$99,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,210 – $169,050800
4Real Estate Sales Agents$88,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $198,270270
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$79,300
Bachelor's degree
$48,460 – $175,690850
6Insurance Sales Agents$79,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,550 – $168,100930
7Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$75,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,440 – $132,1003,220
8Advertising Sales Agents$68,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $137,510260
9Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$67,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,220 – $132,0103,510
10First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$51,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $79,0902,740
11Telemarketers$47,840
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $58,240350
12Demonstrators and Product Promoters$47,540
No formal educational credential
$36,130 – $57,630160
13Counter and Rental Clerks$46,480
No formal educational credential
$33,800 – $72,0701,340
14Parts Salespersons$37,570
No formal educational credential
$33,550 – $59,500790
15Retail Salespersons$34,650
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $49,91012,440
16Cashiers$33,850
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $36,4008,900

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$109,040	$63,970 – $170,040	990
2	Sales EngineersBachelor's degree	$103,640	$72,150 – $162,870	180
3	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,660	$62,210 – $169,050	800
4	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,310	$45,760 – $198,270	270
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$79,300	$48,460 – $175,690	850
6	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,150	$42,550 – $168,100	930
7	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,450	$45,440 – $132,100	3,220
8	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,310	$34,440 – $137,510	260
9	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,400	$38,220 – $132,010	3,510
10	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,320	$37,470 – $79,090	2,740
11	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$47,840	$32,240 – $58,240	350
12	Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential	$47,540	$36,130 – $57,630	160
13	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$46,480	$33,800 – $72,070	1,340
14	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$37,570	$33,550 – $59,500	790
15	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$34,650	$32,240 – $49,910	12,440
16	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$33,850	$32,240 – $36,400	8,900

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rochester, NY. 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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