Pay distribution $69,230 10th $86,880 25th $166,280 75th $222,260 90th
Half of Sales Managers in the Columbus metro area earn more than $120,730 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $86,880 and $166,280.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $69,230 $86,880 $120,730 $166,280 $222,260 Hourly $33.28 $41.77 $58.05 $79.94 $106.86
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Columbus metro areathis metro area
$120,730 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $86,880 to $166,280
$131,470 median for Indiana; middle half earns $96,470 to $178,500
$148,270 median for United States; middle half earns $100,360 to $207,340
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −8% vs Indiana overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $66,190 $115,843 $165,497 $215,150 Ponce, PR — $66,190 Mayaguez, PR — $71,750 Arecibo, PR — $72,860 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $74,200 Aguadilla, PR — $79,420 Morgantown, WV — $80,340 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $80,410 Gadsden, AL — $80,950 Johnstown, PA — $85,220 Alexandria, LA — $85,470 Beckley, WV — $85,630 El Centro, CA — $85,670 Hattiesburg, MS — $86,440 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $87,570 Wheeling, WV-OH — $88,630 Bangor, ME — $91,910 Charleston, WV — $91,920 Laredo, TX — $92,400 Homosassa Springs, FL — $93,610 Visalia, CA — $95,200 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $95,550 Springfield, MO — $95,570 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $95,620 Fairbanks-College, AK — $96,970 Chico, CA — $97,430 Redding, CA — $97,930 Joplin, MO-KS — $98,020 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $98,270 Goldsboro, NC — $98,340 Modesto, CA — $98,550 Merced, CA — $98,670 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $98,810 Yuba City, CA — $99,010 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $99,110 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $99,770 Hammond, LA — $100,080 Altoona, PA — $100,710 Columbia, MO — $100,800 Anchorage, AK — $100,940 Wichita Falls, TX — $100,970 Fresno, CA — $101,020 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $101,440 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $101,590 Las Cruces, NM — $101,610 Bismarck, ND — $101,660 Dothan, AL — $101,950 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $102,250 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $102,300 Montgomery, AL — $102,630 Texarkana, TX-AR — $102,780 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $103,220 Lafayette, LA — $103,460 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $103,570 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $103,580 Salinas, CA — $103,810 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $104,010 Traverse City, MI — $104,090 Jonesboro, AR — $104,670 College Station-Bryan, TX — $104,900 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $105,260 Morristown, TN — $105,760 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $106,130 Vallejo, CA — $106,530 Jacksonville, NC — $107,000 Farmington, NM — $107,110 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $107,200 Hot Springs, AR — $107,240 El Paso, TX — $107,310 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $107,470 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $107,470 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $107,720 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $107,810 Flagstaff, AZ — $107,960 Cheyenne, WY — $108,110 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $108,510 San Angelo, TX — $108,750 Tuscaloosa, AL — $108,750 Lebanon, PA — $109,050 State College, PA — $109,200 Lawton, OK — $109,340 Fayetteville, NC — $109,870 Albuquerque, NM — $110,160 Abilene, TX — $111,020 Great Falls, MT — $111,270 Corpus Christi, TX — $111,390 Muncie, IN — $112,230 Sebring, FL — $112,270 Punta Gorda, FL — $112,360 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $112,560 Monroe, LA — $112,800 Amarillo, TX — $113,350 Duluth, MN-WI — $113,360 Twin Falls, ID — $113,360 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $113,850 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $113,980 Lima, OH — $114,100 Port St. Lucie, FL — $115,330 Salisbury, MD — $115,470 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $115,680 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $116,000 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $116,120 Baton Rouge, LA — $116,740 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $116,980 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $117,050 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $117,090 Urban Honolulu, HI — $117,120 Terre Haute, IN — $117,230 Ocala, FL — $117,240 Tallahassee, FL — $117,350 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $117,810 Waco, TX — $117,820 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $117,940 Billings, MT — $117,970 Erie, PA — $118,050 Gainesville, FL — $118,070 Rocky Mount, NC — $118,080 Gettysburg, PA — $118,460 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $118,540 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $118,720 Sandusky, OH — $118,950 Kokomo, IN — $119,110 Lubbock, TX — $119,280 Owensboro, KY — $119,320 Knoxville, TN — $119,380 Birmingham, AL — $119,740 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,750 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $119,810 Fargo, ND-MN — $119,990 Minot, ND — $120,070 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $120,230 Lincoln, NE — $120,430 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $120,460 Williamsport, PA — $120,550 Columbus, IN — $120,730 Springfield, IL — $120,820 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $120,980 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $121,460 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $121,530 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $121,560 Asheville, NC — $121,670 Missoula, MT — $121,680 Elizabethtown, KY — $121,830 Jefferson City, MO — $121,840 Florence, SC — $121,930 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $122,110 Fort Wayne, IN — $122,540 Flint, MI — $122,600 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $122,990 Wausau, WI — $123,230 Canton-Massillon, OH — $123,320 Cleveland, TN — $123,610 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $123,700 Jackson, MS — $123,700 Bozeman, MT — $123,750 St. Louis, MO-IL — $123,870 Killeen-Temple, TX — $123,890 Reno, NV — $123,990 Mobile, AL — $124,050 Sherman-Denison, TX — $124,110 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $124,290 St. Cloud, MN — $124,290 Yuma, AZ — $124,500 Lake Charles, LA — $124,580 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $124,630 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $124,750 Medford, OR — $124,780 Sumter, SC — $124,810 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $124,820 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $124,820 Longview, TX — $124,850 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $124,860 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $124,990 Mansfield, OH — $124,990 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $125,050 Pittsburgh, PA — $125,060 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $125,230 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $125,340 Evansville, IN — $125,360 Odessa, TX — $125,370 Victoria, TX — $125,380 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $125,570 Fond du Lac, WI — $125,650 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $125,730 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $126,050 York-Hanover, PA — $126,120 Logan, UT-ID — $126,260 Bowling Green, KY — $126,460 Iowa City, IA — $126,520 Clarksville, TN-KY — $126,820 Decatur, IL — $126,880 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $126,890 Grants Pass, OR — $126,900 St. George, UT — $126,930 Tyler, TX — $127,030 Oklahoma City, OK — $127,110 Rochester, MN — $127,500 Eau Claire, WI — $127,570 Saginaw, MI — $127,720 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $127,740 Albany, GA — $128,020 Midland, MI — $128,280 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $128,360 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $128,420 Akron, OH — $128,560 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $128,560 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $128,600 Columbia, SC — $128,650 Valdosta, GA — $128,650 Albany, OR — $128,720 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $129,090 Springfield, OH — $129,120 Reading, PA — $129,230 Johnson City, TN — $129,470 Lancaster, PA — $129,480 Monroe, MI — $129,620 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $129,640 Rome, GA — $129,660 Casper, WY — $129,670 Toledo, OH — $129,720 Burlington, NC — $129,740 Green Bay, WI — $129,930 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $129,940 Omaha, NE-IA — $130,100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $130,180 Elmira, NY — $130,660 Bay City, MI — $130,760 Spartanburg, SC — $130,870 Dubuque, IA — $130,980 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $131,030 Ogden, UT — $131,320 Greenville, NC — $131,330 Mankato, MN — $131,330 Cedar Rapids, IA — $131,510 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $131,600 Lewiston, ID-WA — $131,630 Peoria, IL — $131,660 Idaho Falls, ID — $131,680 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $131,770 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $131,840 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $132,010 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $132,060 Battle Creek, MI — $132,120 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $132,150 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $132,230 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $132,330 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $132,350 Winston-Salem, NC — $132,550 Paducah, KY-IL — $132,660 Chambersburg, PA — $132,930 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $132,950 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $132,950 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $133,030 Warner Robins, GA — $133,140 Ames, IA — $133,150 Bellingham, WA — $133,220 Gainesville, GA — $133,390 Wilmington, NC — $133,400 Sheboygan, WI — $133,440 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $133,450 Jacksonville, FL — $133,460 Decatur, AL — $133,480 Rockford, IL — $133,560 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $133,800 Rapid City, SD — $134,010 Wichita, KS — $134,650 Huntsville, AL — $134,690 Grand Island, NE — $134,750 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $134,760 Jackson, TN — $134,810 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $135,210 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $135,220 Kankakee, IL — $135,330 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $135,880 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $135,910 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $135,930 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $136,090 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $136,270 Columbus, GA-AL — $136,340 Pocatello, ID — $136,520 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $136,570 Niles, MI — $136,880 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $137,160 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $137,410 Napa, CA — $137,770 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $137,880 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $138,100 Lexington Park, MD — $138,360 Roanoke, VA — $138,380 Columbus, OH — $138,580 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $138,690 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $138,790 Appleton, WI — $138,850 Tucson, AZ — $138,880 Bloomington, IN — $139,280 Midland, TX — $139,380 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $139,830 Dalton, GA — $139,960 Tulsa, OK — $140,040 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $140,630 Barnstable Town, MA — $140,740 Boise City, ID — $141,440 Corvallis, OR — $142,140 Helena, MT — $142,520 Kingston, NY — $143,260 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $143,280 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $143,570 Cleveland, OH — $143,870 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $143,930 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $144,220 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $144,290 Pittsfield, MA — $144,320 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $144,560 Kenosha, WI — $145,180 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $146,080 Madison, WI — $146,380 Santa Fe, NM — $146,510 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $146,690 Savannah, GA — $147,020 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $147,270 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $148,320 Ann Arbor, MI — $148,630 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $148,880 Walla Walla, WA — $149,190 Bend, OR — $149,450 Carson City, NV — $149,500 Lynchburg, VA — $149,990 Springfield, MA — $149,990 Vineland, NJ — $150,510 Jackson, MI — $151,710 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $151,760 Salem, OR — $152,090 Yakima, WA — $152,110 Bloomington, IL — $154,300 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $154,340 Topeka, KS — $154,970 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $155,300 Grand Junction, CO — $155,440 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $155,560 Ithaca, NY — $156,140 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $156,500 Harrisonburg, VA — $157,260 Winchester, VA-WV — $157,340 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $158,100 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $158,500 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $158,690 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $158,750 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $159,020 Utica-Rome, NY — $159,610 Kansas City, MO-KS — $159,990 Binghamton, NY — $160,440 New Haven, CT — $160,590 Glens Falls, NY — $160,660 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $160,830 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $161,410 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $161,410 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $162,000 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $162,640 Worcester, MA — $162,810 Manhattan, KS — $162,920 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $163,090 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $163,420 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $163,510 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $163,520 Rochester, NY — $165,140 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $165,980 Pueblo, CO — $166,160 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $166,920 Richmond, VA — $168,590 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $169,300 Charlottesville, VA — $169,390 Syracuse, NY — $170,090 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $170,810 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $172,550 Longview-Kelso, WA — $172,930 Portland-South Portland, ME — $174,990 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $175,820 Greeley, CO — $176,390 Colorado Springs, CO — $177,780 Dover, DE — $178,130 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $178,360 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $181,580 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $184,320 Lawrence, KS — $189,740 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $190,370 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $198,550 Boulder, CO — $200,970 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $201,780 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $206,610 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $215,150 Columbus metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Columbus metro area has the 256th-highest published median for this occupation among the 389 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Indiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for sales managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Columbus metro areathis page
$120,730 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $86,880 to $166,280
$140,630 median for Michigan City metro area; middle half earns $99,660 to $189,740
$139,280 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $88,010 to $203,680
$137,410 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $103,510 to $195,400
$136,270 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $103,060 to $175,620
$125,360 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $83,930 to $175,790
$122,540 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $82,330 to $161,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .