Sales Manager Salary by State (2026)

Name: Sales Manager annual wages by US state, May 2025
Creator: NueCareer
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Sales Managers earn the most in New York at $217,640 a year and the least in Guam at $60,740 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $148,270. All 53 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median: $217,640
National median: $148,270
Lowest median: $60,740
States reporting: 53

Top 5 states for Sales Managers

1. New York$217,640 median · $201,666 adjusted · 38,510 employed
2. Massachusetts$191,200 median · $180,792 adjusted · 15,010 employed
3. Virginia$191,130 median · $189,043 adjusted · 9,670 employed
4. Colorado$180,850 median · $175,494 adjusted · 8,780 employed
5. Washington$174,000 median · $162,597 adjusted · 10,030 employed

Lowest-paying states for Sales Managers

53. Guam$60,740 median · no price parity · 220 employed
52. Puerto Rico$78,960 median · no price parity · 2,180 employed
51. West Virginia$94,830 median · $105,959 adjusted · 1,110 employed
50. Alaska$98,860 median · $96,582 adjusted · 850 employed
49. U.S. Virgin Islands$107,740 median · no price parity · 40 employed

Sales Manager salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of sales managers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1	New York	$217,640	$163,090	$316,030	38,510	$201,666
2	Massachusetts	$191,200	$141,040	$235,420	15,010	$180,792
3	Virginia	$191,130	$134,490	$236,690	9,670	$189,043
4	Colorado	$180,850	$140,990	$237,710	8,780	$175,494
5	Washington	$174,000	$130,610	$226,150	10,030	$162,597
6	New Jersey	$173,020	$132,620	$225,790	20,090	$159,018
7	Connecticut	$162,110	$120,500	$214,590	8,560	$156,462
8	Kansas	$159,990	$122,110	$206,810	6,820	$177,632
9	Georgia	$159,890	$106,500	$210,260	17,690	$166,045
10	Maine	$158,660	$93,610	$174,990	N/A	$163,483
11	Oregon	$155,810	$114,390	$212,110	5,260	$150,744
12	Illinois	$155,280	$108,420	$208,670	32,240	$155,345
13	Rhode Island	$154,970	$111,000	$199,310	1,120	$151,515
14	Minnesota	$151,670	$103,440	$200,740	11,240	$153,791
15	North Carolina	$150,470	$100,480	$211,950	16,920	$159,521
16	Arizona	$145,690	$101,720	$196,010	13,870	$144,710
17	New Hampshire	$141,900	$111,050	$192,830	2,820	$136,226
18	District of Columbia	$141,800	$103,750	$198,140	1,930	$129,025
19	Vermont	$138,650	$102,490	$189,100	930	$141,540
20	Maryland	$137,150	$93,610	$180,000	N/A	$130,670
21	Michigan	$136,870	$96,790	$184,960	17,950	$142,251
22	Utah	$136,520	$97,850	$193,440	8,990	$138,089
23	South Dakota	$136,360	$89,700	$175,350	450	$153,930
24	Texas	$136,020	$96,450	$193,630	76,010	$140,144
25	Ohio	$135,510	$98,850	$184,450	22,840	$146,065
26	Idaho	$135,350	$102,320	$175,160	2,490	$141,737
27	California	$134,910	$91,210	$206,710	112,440	$121,848
28	Wisconsin	$134,870	$101,710	$178,660	10,480	$143,334
29	Iowa	$134,010	$99,780	$172,810	3,260	$152,697
30	Florida	$131,900	$94,770	$183,170	46,480	$127,546
31	Indiana	$131,470	$96,470	$178,500	9,700	$140,867
32	South Carolina	$131,080	$86,700	$177,950	9,340	$139,820
33	Pennsylvania	$130,610	$95,640	$175,600	20,460	$133,860
34	Wyoming	$129,840	$91,350	$197,010	300	$140,078
35	Oklahoma	$128,920	$93,670	$182,500	3,250	$146,762
36	Kentucky	$128,650	$94,410	$181,770	6,650	$142,692
37	Tennessee	$128,040	$90,920	$173,500	12,270	$139,371
38	Nebraska	$126,990	$88,410	$174,990	3,000	$140,939
39	Alabama	$124,040	$87,490	$167,200	4,670	$139,649
40	North Dakota	$119,990	$93,280	$159,710	550	$134,882
41	Montana	$117,390	$91,980	$167,610	1,200	$124,032
42	Hawaii	$116,340	$86,740	$162,850	1,710	$105,811
43	Missouri	$115,370	$81,410	$165,930	7,630	$127,036
44	New Mexico	$114,080	$91,990	$153,880	1,750	$123,715
45	Louisiana	$110,700	$77,410	$161,490	4,360	$125,500
46	Nevada	$109,790	$79,350	$170,900	5,770	$109,813
47	Mississippi	$108,750	$79,150	$155,920	1,870	$125,068
48	Arkansas	$108,330	$67,600	$176,480	3,710	$124,607
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	$107,740	$57,470	$117,190	40	N/A
50	Alaska	$98,860	$81,990	$136,660	850	$96,582
51	West Virginia	$94,830	$68,410	$134,320	1,110	$105,959
52	Puerto Rico	$78,960	$59,380	$117,030	2,180	N/A
53	Guam	$60,740	$52,700	$84,040	220	N/A

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For Sales Managers, that changes the ranking: New York leads on raw pay at $217,640, while New York leads once prices are taken into account at $201,666.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Sales Manager pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays Sales Managers the most?

New York reports the highest median wage for Sales Managers at $217,640 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Massachusetts ($191,200) and Virginia ($191,130).

Which state pays Sales Managers the least?

Guam reports the lowest median for Sales Managers at $60,740 a year, $156,900 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do Sales Managers earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts New York first at $201,666 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $217,640. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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