Sales Manager salary: $204K median
From 356 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$204Kmedian advertised salary
$155K – $315Kmiddle half of roles
$232Kaverage advertised salary
356roles counted
Sales Manager salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $248K, 39% more than senior roles ($178K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $178K | $168K–$188K | 30 |
| Lead and above | $248K | $188K–$340K | 176 |
| No level in title | $160K | $132K–$250K | 150 |
Sales Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $236K | 53 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $234K | 70 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $214K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $201K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 330 |
| 🇺🇸California | $195K | 98 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $195K | 21 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $428K | 5 |
| Decagon | $378K | 3 |
| Flowengineering | $350K | 3 |
| Okta | $342K | 8 |
| Cresta | $340K | 3 |
| Fireblocks | $335K | 4 |
| Anthropic | $335K | 3 |
| Omada Health | $326K | 3 |
| Sierra | $320K | 13 |
| Teads | $315K | 6 |
| Airwallex | $295K | 4 |
| Garner Health | $288K | 6 |
| Netskope | $232K | 12 |
| Elastic | $220K | 3 |
| Skydio | $206K | 3 |
| Verkada | $195K | 12 |
| Astranis | $189K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $168K | 25 |
| Qualtrics | $160K | 7 |
| Komodo Health | $160K | 3 |
| Cribl | $155K | 16 |
| Gotion | $155K | 7 |
| LG Electronics | $138K | 5 |
| Mercer Advisors | $132K | 6 |
| Formic | $128K | 9 |
Highest-paying open Sales Manager roles
All sales manager jobs- VP of Sales - Public SectorCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$560K - $675KRemoteLead
- VP, Sales Engineering NAMNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$444K - $634KLead
- VP of SalesRilla · 🇺🇸New York City$500K - $600KLeadMachine Learning
- Named Sales Director, East (Northern VA/DC Metro)Cloudflare · Hybrid$415K - $571KLead
- Named Sales Director, PacNW (Seattle)Cloudflare · Hybrid$415K - $571KLead
- Senior Sales Manager, Hazel AIAltruist · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$450K - $550KSeniorAI
- Area Sales Director, Corporate Sales- New Accounts (Auth0)Okta · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC$366K - $547KLeadMachine Learning
- Area Sales Director, Corporate Sales- New Accounts (Okta)Okta · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC$366K - $547KLeadMachine Learning
- Enterprise Sales Leader - Technology and TelecommunicationsQualtrics · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$330K - $543KRemote
- Head of Sales, Defense & IntelligenceCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$350K - $500KRemoteLead
- Sales LeaderBasis Ai · 🇺🇸New York Office$100K - $500KHubSpot
- Director, SalesIntercom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$414K - $494KLeadAgile
- Enterprise Sales Lead, USBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$319K - $479KLead
- Director, Sales, EnterpriseAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - New York$300K - $475KLead
- Regional Vice President, Central | Remote |Grafana Labs · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$450K - $475KRemoteLead
- Enterprise Sales VP, Labor and TrustGarner Health · Remote$425K - $475KRemoteLead
- Regional Vice President, Enterprise Sales - CentralCodeRabbit · 🇺🇸Austin$450K - $470KLead
- Enterprise Sales LeaderSierra · 🇺🇸US - Remote$450K - $470KRemote
- Enterprise Sales Leader, HealthcareSierra · 🇺🇸US - Remote$450K - $470KRemote
- Sales Manager, Strategic AccountsAirtable · 🇺🇸Remote - US$314K - $453KRemote
Questions about Sales Manager pay
- What is the average Sales Manager salary?
- $232K a year on average and $204K at the median, across 356 open Sales Manager postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $155K to $315K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Sales Manager pay?
- Cloudflare ($428K), Decagon ($378K), Flowengineering ($350K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Sales Manager roles at tech companies is $204K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $155K to $315K. Counted from 356 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/sales-manager/
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