Management

Sales Managers

SOC 11-2022

Set targets, coach a sales team, and own the revenue numbers for a region or product.

The job

Median pay

$148k

$100k to $207k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+4.5% projected

Openings a year

47k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

5/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

63rd pct

More exposed than 63% of occupations · modeled estimate · 57th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

58/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	112,440	6.2	1.5×	$135k
Texas	76,010	5.4	1.3×	$136k
Florida	46,480	4.7	1.1×	$132k
New York	38,510	4.0	1.0×	$218k
Illinois	32,240	5.3	1.3×	$155k
Ohio	22,840	4.1	1.0×	$136k
Pennsylvania	20,460	3.4	0.8×	$131k
New Jersey	20,090	4.7	1.1×	$173k
Michigan	17,950	4.1	1.0×	$137k
Georgia	17,690	3.6	0.9×	$160k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
North Carolina	16,920	3.4	0.8×	$150k
Massachusetts	15,010	4.1	1.0×	$191k
Maryland	14,931	5.4	1.3×	$137k~
Arizona	13,870	4.3	1.1×	$146k
Tennessee	12,270	3.7	0.9×	$128k
Minnesota	11,240	3.8	0.9×	$152k
Wisconsin	10,480	3.6	0.9×	$135k
Washington	10,030	2.8	0.7×	$174k
Indiana	9,700	3.0	0.7×	$131k
Virginia	9,670	2.4	0.6×	$191k
South Carolina	9,340	4.1	1.0×	$131k
Utah	8,990	5.2	1.3×	$137k
Colorado	8,780	3.1	0.8×	$181k
Connecticut	8,560	5.0	1.2×	$162k
Missouri	7,630	2.6	0.6×	$115k
Kansas	6,820	4.7	1.2×	$160k
Kentucky	6,650	3.3	0.8×	$129k
Nevada	5,770	3.7	0.9×	$110k
Oregon	5,260	2.7	0.7×	$156k
Alabama	4,670	2.2	0.5×	$124k
Louisiana	4,360	2.3	0.6×	$111k
Arkansas	3,710	2.8	0.7×	$108k
Iowa	3,260	2.1	0.5×	$134k
Oklahoma	3,250	1.9	0.5×	$129k
Nebraska	3,000	2.9	0.7×	$127k
New Hampshire	2,820	4.1	1.0×	$142k
Maine	2,571	4.0	1.0×	$159k~
Idaho	2,490	2.9	0.7×	$135k
Washington DC	1,930	2.7	0.7×	$142k
Mississippi	1,870	1.6	0.4×	$109k
New Mexico	1,750	2.0	0.5×	$114k
Hawaii	1,710	2.7	0.7×	$116k
Delaware	1,432	3.0	0.7×	$174k~
Montana	1,200	2.3	0.6×	$117k
Rhode Island	1,120	2.2	0.6×	$155k
West Virginia	1,110	1.6	0.4×	$95k
Vermont	930	3.1	0.8×	$139k
Alaska	850	2.6	0.6×	$99k
North Dakota	550	1.3	0.3×	$120k
South Dakota	450	1.0	0.2×	$136k
Wyoming	300	1.1	0.3×	$130k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ44,870 jobs · $215k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA37,790 jobs · $132k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX26,780 jobs · $144k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN25,390 jobs · $159k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA17,770 jobs · $171k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX16,430 jobs · $136k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL13,930 jobs · $130k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA12,080 jobs · $167k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.