Sales Managers · SOC 11-2022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Sales Managerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for sales managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 389 metro areas

Sales Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$215,150	44,870	4.7
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$206,610	11,540	4.3
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$201,780	8,940	7.9
4	Boulder, CO	$200,970	740	3.9
5	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$198,550	400	2.3
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$190,370	1,150	3.3
7	Lawrence, KS	$189,740	180	3.4
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$184,320	6,620	3.2
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$181,580	5,930	3.7
10	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$178,360	850	3.5
11	Dover, DE	$178,130	110	1.7
12	Colorado Springs, CO	$177,780	600	1.9
13	Greeley, CO	$176,390	280	2.3
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$175,820	8,780	2.8
15	Portland-South Portland, ME	$174,990	Not published	Not published
16	Longview-Kelso, WA	$172,930	80	2.0
17	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$172,550	240	1.9
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$170,810	17,770	7.5
19	Syracuse, NY	$170,090	640	2.1
20	Charlottesville, VA	$169,390	210	1.8
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$169,300	2,250	5.6
22	Richmond, VA	$168,590	1,320	2.0
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$166,920	12,080	4.2
24	Pueblo, CO	$166,160	60	1.1
25	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$165,980	470	1.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Sales Managers 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.