Sales Managers salary

SOC 11-2022 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$148,270

per year, nationally

Middle half

$100,360–$207,340

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

637,080

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.7%

49,000 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$73,170$290,540

10th: $73,170
25th: $100,360
Median: $148,270
75th: $207,340
90th: $290,540

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where sales managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York	$217,640	107.9	38,510	0.97×
2	Massachusetts	$191,200	105.8	15,010	1.01×
3	Virginia	$191,130	101.1	9,670	0.57×
4	Colorado	$180,850	103.1	8,780	0.75×
5	Washington	$174,000	107.0	10,030	0.69×
6	New Jersey	$173,020	108.8	20,090	1.14×
7	Connecticut	$162,110	103.6	8,560	1.23×
8	Kansas	$159,990	90.1	6,820	1.16×
9	Georgia	$159,890	96.3	17,690	0.88×
10	Maine	$158,660	97.0	—	—
11	Oregon	$155,810	103.4	5,260	0.65×
12	Illinois	$155,280	100.0	32,240	1.29×
13	Rhode Island	$154,970	102.3	1,120	0.54×
14	Minnesota	$151,670	98.6	11,240	0.93×
15	North Carolina	$150,470	94.3	16,920	0.84×
16	Arizona	$145,690	100.7	13,870	1.04×
17	New Hampshire	$141,900	104.2	2,820	1.01×
18	District of Columbia	$141,800	109.9	1,930	0.67×
19	Vermont	$138,650	98.0	930	0.74×
20	Maryland	$137,150	105.0	—	—
21	Michigan	$136,870	96.2	17,950	1.00×
22	Utah	$136,520	98.9	8,990	1.26×
23	South Dakota	$136,360	88.6	450	0.24×
24	Texas	$136,020	97.1	76,010	1.32×
25	Ohio	$135,510	92.8	22,840	1.00×
26	Idaho	$135,350	95.5	2,490	0.71×
27	California	$134,910	110.7	112,440	1.51×
28	Wisconsin	$134,870	94.1	10,480	0.87×
29	Iowa	$134,010	87.8	3,260	0.51×
30	Florida	$131,900	103.4	46,480	1.14×
31	Indiana	$131,470	93.3	9,700	0.74×
32	South Carolina	$131,080	93.7	9,340	0.99×
33	Pennsylvania	$130,610	97.6	20,460	0.82×
34	Wyoming	$129,840	92.7	300	0.26×
35	Oklahoma	$128,920	87.8	3,250	0.46×
36	Kentucky	$128,650	90.2	6,650	0.81×
37	Tennessee	$128,040	91.9	12,270	0.91×
38	Nebraska	$126,990	90.1	3,000	0.72×
39	Alabama	$124,040	88.8	4,670	0.54×
40	North Dakota	$119,990	89.0	550	0.31×
41	Montana	$117,390	94.6	1,200	0.57×
42	Hawaii	$116,340	110.0	1,710	0.67×
43	Missouri	$115,370	90.8	7,630	0.63×
44	New Mexico	$114,080	92.2	1,750	0.49×
45	Louisiana	$110,700	88.2	4,360	0.55×
46	Nevada	$109,790	100.0	5,770	0.91×
47	Mississippi	$108,750	87.0	1,870	0.39×
48	Arkansas	$108,330	86.9	3,710	0.69×
49	Alaska	$98,860	102.4	850	0.64×
50	West Virginia	$94,830	89.5	1,110	0.39×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where sales managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for sales managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$215,150	112.6	44,870	1.15×
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$206,610	108.3	11,540	1.04×
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$201,780	110.4	8,940	1.92×
4	Boulder, CO	$200,970	105.2	740	0.94×
5	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$198,550	101.1	400	0.57×
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$190,370	97.6	1,150	0.81×
7	Lawrence, KS	$189,740	90.2	180	0.83×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$184,320	111.1	6,620	0.77×
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$181,580	105.8	5,930	0.90×
10	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$178,360	103.2	850	0.86×
11	Dover, DE	$178,130	97.5	110	0.40×
12	Colorado Springs, CO	$177,780	100.7	600	0.46×
13	Greeley, CO	$176,390	100.2	280	0.57×
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$175,820	108.9	8,780	0.68×
15	Portland-South Portland, ME	$174,990	101.9	—	—
16	Longview-Kelso, WA	$172,930	97.5	80	0.49×
17	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$172,550	103.7	240	0.46×
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$170,810	115.6	17,770	1.83×
19	Syracuse, NY	$170,090	95.7	640	0.52×
20	Charlottesville, VA	$169,390	99.1	210	0.45×
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$169,300	106.9	2,250	1.36×
22	Richmond, VA	$168,590	97.9	1,320	0.49×
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$166,920	100.1	12,080	1.02×
24	Pueblo, CO	$166,160	91.8	60	0.26×
25	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$165,980	109.4	470	0.43×
26	Rochester, NY	$165,140	97.0	1,220	0.60×
27	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$163,520	98.2	3,280	1.08×
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$163,510	99.6	940	0.51×
29	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$163,420	105.6	180	0.48×
30	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$163,090	95.8	1,200	0.55×
31	Manhattan, KS	$162,920	90.2	130	0.57×
32	Worcester, MA	$162,810	102.5	950	0.66×
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$162,640	105.4	3,910	0.79×
34	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$162,000	97.3	5,930	1.06×
35	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$161,410	102.7	3,020	1.23×
36	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$161,410	105.7	680	0.84×
37	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$160,830	92.7	80	0.27×
38	Glens Falls, NY	$160,660	94.9	130	0.62×
39	New Haven, CT	$160,590	104.6	1,090	0.94×
40	Binghamton, NY	$160,440	92.9	120	0.31×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where sales managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Marketing Managers$166,790
Public Relations Managers$146,910
Fundraising Managers$125,470
Advertising and Promotions Managers$133,660