Sales and Related Workers, All Other · SOC 41-9099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Sales and Related Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for sales and related workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 207 metro areas

Sales and Related Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bellingham, WA	$81,120	40	0.4
2	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$79,640	80	0.5
3	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$76,120	90	0.4
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$74,530	3,860	0.4
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$74,520	2,110	1.0
6	Napa, CA	$74,290	240	3.1
7	Urban Honolulu, HI	$73,330	80	0.2
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$73,250	1,420	1.2
9	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$65,950	220	0.4
10	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$64,240	510	0.6
11	Boulder, CO	$63,510	440	2.3
12	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$63,250	60	0.1
13	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$63,230	130	0.5
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$63,110	4,270	2.7
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$61,920	150	1.5
16	Birmingham, AL	$61,730	80	0.1
17	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$60,910	Not published	Not published
18	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$60,850	80	0.4
19	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,050	3,010	1.3
20	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$58,670	120	0.2
21	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$58,290	150	0.8
22	Madison, WI	$57,930	70	0.2
23	Pueblo, CO	$57,140	50	0.8
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$57,140	300	1.4
25	Springfield, MA	$56,300	50	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Sales and Related Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.