High paying sales jobs in Rockford, IL

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rockford, IL. 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 Rockford, IL run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rockford, IL salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Rockford, IL · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$99,810
Bachelor's degree
$54,940 – $138,42060
2Sales Engineers$75,320
Bachelor's degree
$67,370 – $108,930110
3Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$75,190
Bachelor's degree
$46,110 – $196,540260
4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$68,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,300 – $134,0301,320
5Advertising Sales Agents$67,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,740 – $162,160110
6First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$66,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,230 – $126,81080
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$59,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $120,810980
8Insurance Sales Agents$51,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $101,970200
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,330 – $70,2401,030
10Counter and Rental Clerks$38,020
No formal educational credential
$31,360 – $64,940200
11Parts Salespersons$36,270
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $61,650260
12Retail Salespersons$33,540
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,0002,970
13Cashiers$31,680
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $37,3803,620

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

#	Occupation	MedianRockford, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$99,810	$54,940 – $138,420	60
2	Sales EngineersBachelor's degree	$75,320	$67,370 – $108,930	110
3	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$75,190	$46,110 – $196,540	260
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,970	$39,300 – $134,030	1,320
5	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,030	$32,740 – $162,160	110
6	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,020	$50,230 – $126,810	80
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,720	$35,950 – $120,810	980
8	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,530	$33,860 – $101,970	200
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$34,330 – $70,240	1,030
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,020	$31,360 – $64,940	200
11	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,270	$31,200 – $61,650	260
12	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$33,540	$31,200 – $47,000	2,970
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$31,680	$31,200 – $37,380	3,620

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