High paying sales jobs in Virginia

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Virginia. 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 Virginia run 1.1% above the national average (2024), so a Virginia salary is worth about 0.99× 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 Virginia.

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

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OccupationMedian, Virginia · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$128,270
Bachelor's degree
$67,450 – $203,3806,060
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$98,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,860 – $179,7109,020
3Real Estate Brokers$77,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $189,3601,500
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$72,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $169,61041,390
5Real Estate Sales Agents$63,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $122,1005,750
6Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$63,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $148,70022,570
7Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$62,910
Bachelor's degree
$48,450 – $167,13011,320
8Insurance Sales Agents$60,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $133,1009,480
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,330 – $76,22032,250
10Counter and Rental Clerks$45,540
No formal educational credential
$31,340 – $74,89012,910
11Demonstrators and Product Promoters$41,600
No formal educational credential
$28,580 – $60,6701,870
12Parts Salespersons$38,070
No formal educational credential
$28,810 – $62,0107,370
13Retail Salespersons$34,240
No formal educational credential
$27,540 – $46,590100,290
14Cashiers$30,580
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $37,45083,890

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

#	Occupation	MedianVirginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$128,270	$67,450 – $203,380	6,060
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,170	$50,860 – $179,710	9,020
3	Real Estate BrokersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,270	$45,250 – $189,360	1,500
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,640	$37,700 – $169,610	41,390
5	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,980	$36,610 – $122,100	5,750
6	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,400	$37,800 – $148,700	22,570
7	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$62,910	$48,450 – $167,130	11,320
8	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,520	$36,310 – $133,100	9,480
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$34,330 – $76,220	32,250
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$45,540	$31,340 – $74,890	12,910
11	Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$28,580 – $60,670	1,870
12	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$38,070	$28,810 – $62,010	7,370
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$34,240	$27,540 – $46,590	100,290
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$30,580	$27,040 – $37,450	83,890

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Virginia. 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 Virginia to rank honestly.

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