High paying sales jobs in West Virginia

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in West 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 West Virginia run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a West Virginia salary is worth about 1.12× 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 West Virginia.

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

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OccupationMedian, West Virginia · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$97,230
Bachelor's degree
$42,220 – $156,140760
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$63,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $122,1903,220
3First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$62,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $115,870510
4Real Estate Sales Agents$59,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,180 – $97,470370
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $129,9902,130
6Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$50,050
Bachelor's degree
$37,270 – $108,450930
7Insurance Sales Agents$45,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,420 – $106,4901,430
8Travel Agents$44,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,130 – $50,820250
9Advertising Sales Agents$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,580 – $93,170290
10First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$39,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,870 – $66,2107,420
11Parts Salespersons$36,800
No formal educational credential
$23,250 – $60,0801,880
12Counter and Rental Clerks$34,780
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $48,1402,300
13Telemarketers$33,370
No formal educational credential
$21,770 – $34,830440
14Retail Salespersons$28,950
No formal educational credential
$22,260 – $39,52019,050
15Cashiers$26,370
No formal educational credential
$21,350 – $33,99017,360
16Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers$22,080
No formal educational credential
$19,880 – $37,080610

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

#	Occupation	MedianWest Virginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$97,230	$42,220 – $156,140	760
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,560	$36,960 – $122,190	3,220
3	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,970	$37,890 – $115,870	510
4	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,050	$32,180 – $97,470	370
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$31,190 – $129,990	2,130
6	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$50,050	$37,270 – $108,450	930
7	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,480	$29,420 – $106,490	1,430
8	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,760	$29,130 – $50,820	250
9	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$20,580 – $93,170	290
10	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,740	$27,870 – $66,210	7,420
11	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,800	$23,250 – $60,080	1,880
12	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$34,780	$22,580 – $48,140	2,300
13	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$33,370	$21,770 – $34,830	440
14	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$28,950	$22,260 – $39,520	19,050
15	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$26,370	$21,350 – $33,990	17,360
16	Gambling Change Persons and Booth CashiersNo formal educational credential	$22,080	$19,880 – $37,080	610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in West 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in West Virginia to rank honestly.

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