Sales Manager Salary


How Much Does a Sales Manager Make?

On average, a Sales Manager make $157,610 a year. The lowest-paid 10 percent made $63,700, while the top-paid 10 percent made $#.

Annually National Average Salary: $157,610

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* Based on information from the May 2023 salary report from the BLS.




Salary by State

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Annual Salary by State

State 10% Annual 25% Annual Avg. Annual 75% Annual 90% Annual
Alabama$66,340$85,280$137,700$165,100$223,410
Alaska$62,860$74,290$106,170$125,890$158,750
Arizona$60,780$83,490$141,720$170,300$225,970
Arkansas$53,380$74,850$133,280$171,400$219,410
California$58,780$81,910$152,030$196,410$#
Colorado$109,630$138,600$194,770$225,550$#
Connecticut$80,560$106,730$163,290$189,000$#
Delaware$105,280$139,820$195,910$228,670$#
District of Columbia$77,940$97,760$147,130$168,900$220,520
Florida$64,130$87,190$150,040$183,540$#
Georgia$71,660$101,910$165,710$202,030$#
Hawaii$67,660$86,970$126,770$156,050$196,220
Idaho$52,540$73,070$127,340$156,860$206,840
Illinois$74,110$101,080$156,870$186,060$#
Indiana$57,670$78,820$134,820$165,540$214,480
Iowa$73,430$99,990$145,400$170,980$215,700
Kansas$91,300$112,090$163,600$187,550$#
Kentucky$56,790$76,300$125,280$157,360$210,000
Louisiana$62,660$76,870$134,280$146,860$198,800
Maine$55,440$67,330$121,000$160,580$211,540
Maryland$62,450$88,020$142,070$172,850$234,870
Massachusetts$78,020$106,050$172,390$215,910$#
Michigan$66,770$99,050$152,530$182,350$223,380
Minnesota$78,280$101,770$160,910$190,570$#
Mississippi$54,090$67,040$123,250$157,180$212,700
Missouri$55,760$71,750$130,680$167,030$231,530
Montana$64,640$80,850$130,330$165,070$200,010
Nebraska$64,510$82,580$131,940$164,110$217,150
Nevada$52,820$77,690$137,630$160,910$222,710
New Hampshire$78,670$119,780$171,850$208,960$#
New Jersey$97,790$132,750$191,150$222,250$#
New Mexico$59,240$77,620$122,870$155,250$204,990
New York$107,240$156,000$246,790$#$#
North Carolina$53,220$75,960$150,130$186,450$#
North Dakota$62,330$94,350$129,680$155,260$179,650
Ohio$67,540$94,270$151,900$179,780$#
Oklahoma$65,000$86,270$136,500$167,860$215,060
Oregon$65,710$92,090$146,200$178,710$#
Pennsylvania$65,000$94,140$145,160$171,160$224,900
Rhode Island$79,220$91,350$162,810$206,400$234,870
South Carolina$59,800$83,660$138,260$170,040$222,560
South Dakota$84,840$116,580$174,950$234,360$#
Tennessee$69,870$91,850$148,150$186,470$233,020
Texas$58,880$81,050$144,360$172,990$#
Utah$61,520$90,720$144,390$174,570$230,790
Vermont$77,600$97,070$150,400$185,000$#
Virginia$56,770$102,690$169,750$217,850$#
Washington$101,310$131,130$186,470$221,660$#
West Virginia$52,120$72,190$124,690$153,090$208,000
Wisconsin$70,650$98,670$149,480$177,630$235,690
Wyoming$71,950$108,140$152,620$202,760$225,550
Guam$37,040$46,300$64,840$79,600$97,950
Puerto Rico$48,660$62,960$104,760$132,600$168,640
Virgin Islands$48,860$56,650$97,470$109,300$160,960

Annual Average Salary: Top 5 States

The top earning state in the field is New York, where the average salary is $246,790.

These are the top 5 earning states in the field:

New York - $246,790
Delaware - $195,910
Colorado - $194,770
New Jersey - $191,150
Washington - $186,470

Sales Managers: Salary Overview

Sales managers coordinate an organization’s sales teams.

Their job responsibilities vary depending on the size of the organization and may include setting sales goals, and managing training programs for the organizations’ sales representatives, preparing budgets and approving expenditures, resolving customer complaints, analyzing sales statistics, projecting sales, determining discount rates, developing plans to find new customers or clients, assigning sales territories and setting quotas.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for sales managers was $126,640 in May 2019 which means that half the workers in this profession earned less while half earned more than this amount.

Salaries vary widely in this profession, depending on the sales manager’s level of experience, education, the industry of employment, and the region.

The numbers published by BLS show that the lowest 10 percent earned less than $59,810 while the highest 10 percent earned more than $208,000.

The 25th percentile for this profession is $85,150 which means that 75% of all workers in this occupation earned more than this amount.

Sales Manager Salary by Industry

Sales managers held 405,700 jobs in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most of them being employed in the field of wholesale trade, retail trade, by companies that provide professional, scientific, and technical services, by manufacturers or by finance and insurance companies.

The wholesale trade field includes companies that purchase goods and store them in large quantities; goods that are later sold to resellers, professional users, or groups, but not the final consumer.

The median annual wage for sales managers who worked in this field was $126,060.

Businesses in retail trade sell goods to the final consumer; they are the link between manufacturers and wholesalers and the final consumer.

The industry of retail trade paid sales managers a median annual wage of $86,180 a year.

Companies that provide management of companies and enterprises services hired 31,610 sales managers and paid them, on average, with $157,740 a year as of May 2019.

Automobile dealers hired approximately 23,910 sales managers and paid them, on average, with $132,870 a year.

Businesses that provide computer systems design and related services had approximately 22,620 sales managers on their payroll who were paid, on average, with $162,290 per year.

The highest annual salaries were reported by sales managers who worked for companies in the field of securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities.

This field hired 8,190 sales managers and paid them, on average, with $203,480 per year.

Another filed that offers an average annual wage for sales managers that is above the median for this profession is the scientific research and developmental services- a field that hired approximately 2,840 sales managers and paid them, on average, with $185,600.

Other fields that typically offer higher-than-average salaries to sales managers are agents and managers for agents, athletes, entertainers, and other related activities, the motion picture and video industries, the fruit and vegetable preserving field, and specialty food manufacturers.

However, these fields hire fewer sales managers and job openings may not occur very often.

For example, the field of agents and managers for agents, athletes, entertainers, and other related activities offered a mean annual salary for sales managers of $194,840 but hired only about 30 such professionals.

Commission, Bonuses and other Benefits

The sales manager profession is usually a well-paid occupation and sales managers typically earn a compensation package that includes a base salary plus commission on sales and other incentives.

According to payscale.com, sales managers can earn up to $31,000 per year in bonuses, $20,000 in bonus sharing, and $59,000 in commission.

However, these numbers vary depending on the sales manager’s experience, his/her education, role within the company but also based on the company’s revenue and profit.

* Based on information from the May 2023 salary report from the BLS. The figures represent accumulated data for all states of employment for Sales Managers. BLS data represents averages and medians for workers at all levels of education and experience. This data doesn't represent starting salaries.

* Employment conditions in your area may vary.


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