The highest-paying states for sales managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of sales managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $180,060, New York is the highest paying state for sales managers. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $165,250). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of sales managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $180,060 |
$91,610 | 24,730 |
| 2 | Delaware | $165,250 |
$100,600 | 1,020 |
| 3 | Virginia | $165,140 |
$69,620 | 6,150 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $159,050 |
$86,840 | 14,770 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | $158,310 |
$84,670 | 550 |
| 6 | Colorado | $152,230 |
$75,510 | 5,150 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | $147,600 |
$72,220 | 1,660 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $139,490 |
$71,760 | 9,180 |
| 9 | Michigan | $133,730 |
$68,540 | 9,440 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $132,200 |
$69,420 | 17,560 |
| 11 | Connecticut | $132,050 |
$74,010 | 7,000 |
| 12 | Washington | $131,310 |
$70,950 | 7,640 |
| 13 | Georgia | $131,020 |
$68,500 | 15,290 |
| 14 | Texas | $130,600 |
$66,010 | 30,420 |
| 15 | District of Columbia | $130,440 |
$58,190 | 1,060 |
| 16 | North Carolina | $128,180 |
$61,050 | 7,640 |
| 17 | Maryland | $126,870 |
$63,690 | 6,780 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | $126,350 |
$69,930 | 4,570 |
| 19 | Kansas | $125,380 |
$67,950 | 3,200 |
| 20 | Missouri | $124,520 |
$64,670 | 5,100 |
| 21 | Ohio | $124,170 |
$60,030 | 10,930 |
| 22 | South Dakota | $123,270 |
$81,400 | 330 |
| 23 | Illinois | $122,540 |
$62,480 | 25,650 |
| 24 | Minnesota | $122,020 |
$64,010 | 10,700 |
| 25 | California | $121,250 |
$51,400 | 80,610 |
| 26 | Oregon | $117,210 |
$59,150 | 5,810 |
| 27 | Indiana | $115,290 |
$59,320 | 5,630 |
| 28 | Arkansas | $115,230 |
$55,980 | 2,040 |
| 29 | North Dakota | $114,730 |
$58,700 | 490 |
| 30 | South Carolina | $111,150 |
$54,140 | 3,550 |
| 31 | Iowa | $108,520 |
$63,500 | 3,170 |
| 32 | Florida | $108,280 |
$51,400 | 25,020 |
| 33 | Arizona | $106,170 |
$51,650 | 9,970 |
| 34 | Utah | $106,160 |
$54,330 | 5,000 |
| 35 | Montana | $106,140 |
$61,800 | 310 |
| 36 | Tennessee | $103,620 |
$54,000 | 7,800 |
| 37 | Kentucky | $102,110 |
$48,880 | 3,240 |
| 38 | Alabama | $101,090 |
$56,560 | 2,670 |
| 39 | Maine | $100,400 |
$57,190 | 1,040 |
| 40 | Vermont | $98,450 |
$56,390 | 630 |
| 41 | Oklahoma | $98,070 |
$50,240 | 2,670 |
| 42 | Nebraska | $96,770 |
$50,650 | 2,240 |
| 43 | Hawaii | $94,590 |
$55,600 | 1,830 |
| 44 | Mississippi | $91,920 |
$49,900 | 1,200 |
| 45 | Wyoming | $89,650 |
$52,050 | 220 |
| 46 | Louisiana | $89,490 |
$52,850 | 3,170 |
| 47 | Nevada | $89,140 |
$48,880 | 3,740 |
| 48 | Idaho | $86,840 |
$45,710 | 1,470 |
| 49 | West Virginia | $85,310 |
$49,730 | 920 |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | $83,550 |
$44,660 | 1,510 |
| 51 | New Mexico | $83,250 |
$52,990 | 1,130 |
| 52 | Alaska | $80,720 |
$44,540 | 530 |
| 53 | Virgin Islands | $69,440 |
$46,670 | 150 |
| 54 | Guam | $58,490 |
$34,030 | 300 |