Sales Managers
United States. Estimated employment 637,080, with pages for 69 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2022
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$148,270 · 50th
$73,17010th
$100,36025th
$148,27050th
$207,34075th
$290,54090th
That is the median — half of sales managers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Sales Managers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $215,150 | 44,870 |
| Boston, MA | $206,610 | 11,540 |
| San Jose, CA | $201,780 | 8,940 |
| San Francisco, CA | $170,810 | 17,770 |
| Syracuse, NY | $170,090 | 640 |
| Atlanta, GA | $166,920 | 12,080 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $165,980 | 470 |
| Rochester, NY | $165,140 | 1,220 |
| Albany, NY | $163,510 | 940 |
| Buffalo, NY | $163,090 | 1,200 |
| Worcester, MA | $162,810 | 950 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $160,660 | 130 |
| Binghamton, NY | $160,440 | 120 |
| Chicago, IL | $158,690 | 25,390 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $156,500 | 10,200 |
| Bloomington, IL | $154,300 | 290 |
| Austin, TX | $151,760 | 9,880 |
| Springfield, MA | $149,990 | 480 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $148,320 | 11,210 |
| Savannah, GA | $147,020 | 460 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $144,320 | 120 |
| Dallas, TX | $144,290 | 26,780 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $140,740 | 180 |
| Dalton, GA | $139,960 | 180 |
| Midland, TX | $139,380 | 590 |
| Tucson, AZ | $138,880 | 1,100 |
| Augusta, GA | $138,690 | 500 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $138,100 | 120 |
| Napa, CA | $137,770 | 520 |
| Columbus, GA | $136,340 | 270 |
| Houston, TX | $135,880 | 16,430 |
| Kankakee, IL | $135,330 | 120 |
| Allentown, PA | $135,220 | 1,310 |
| Sierra Vista, AZ | $133,800 | 100 |
| Rockford, IL | $133,560 | 510 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $133,460 | 3,340 |
| Gainesville, GA | $133,390 | 280 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $133,140 | 110 |
| Macon, GA | $133,030 | 230 |
| Palm Bay, FL | $132,950 | 960 |
| Chambersburg, PA | $132,930 | 200 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $132,330 | 37,790 |
| Tampa, FL | $132,010 | 7,150 |
| Orlando, FL | $131,770 | 6,220 |
| Peoria, IL | $131,660 | 600 |
| Miami, FL | $130,180 | 13,930 |
| Lancaster, PA | $129,480 | 810 |
| Reading, PA | $129,230 | 540 |
| Tyler, TX | $127,030 | 410 |
| Lakeland, FL | $126,890 | 960 |
| Decatur, IL | $126,880 | 110 |
| York, PA | $126,120 | 520 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $126,050 | 890 |
| Naples, FL | $125,730 | 580 |
| Crestview, FL | $125,570 | 400 |
| Victoria, TX | $125,380 | 130 |
| Odessa, TX | $125,370 | 340 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $125,060 | 3,890 |
| Longview, TX | $124,850 | 450 |
| Yuma, AZ | $124,500 | 190 |
| Springfield, IL | $120,820 | 250 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | $120,460 | 150 |
| Champaign, IL | $120,230 | 300 |
| San Diego, CA | $119,750 | 8,630 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $117,940 | 1,360 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $117,090 | 520 |
| Sacramento, CA | $113,980 | 4,910 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | $113,850 | 160 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $107,960 | 180 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 637,080 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-2022, Sales Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as sales-managers.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.