Sales Representative salary
What a sales representative actually earns, from 585 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see sales representative pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A sales representative earns a blended US median near 73,936 dollars, with the typical middle running from 54,276 dollars to 98,815 dollars. The official OEWS median is 66,780 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 11 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 13% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 68 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open sales representative roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Business Development Representative - SaaS at HuzzleSouth Africa · RemoteTodayApply
Sales Representative at CodekeeperSouth Africa · Remote$100kTodayApply- Sales Development Representative (gn) Outbound at Bikeleasing-ServiceGermany · RemoteTodayApply
- Sales Development Representative, APAC at HazelcastSingapore · RemoteTodayApply
Inside Sales Representative at Smart CareGeorgia; United States · RemoteTodayApply- Sales Executive at CodekeeperArgentina · Remote$100kTodayApply
By country
- United States$54,276$73,936$98,815
- United Kingdom$40,897$48,435$61,396
- Canada$42,111$52,448$68,915
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'900/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 33 Betriebswirtschaftliche und kaufmännische Fachkräfte und Verwaltungsfachkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 94'800 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$79,190
- New Jersey$78,870
- Massachusetts$78,680
- Colorado$77,830
- New York$76,560
- Minnesota$75,060
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a sales representative profile already covers.
- 600 open account executive roles$146,123 median · +$72,187 · 37% readiness
- 600 open marketing manager roles$137,211 median · +$63,275 · 25% readiness
- 144 open real estate developer roles$121,662 median · +$47,726 · 50% readiness
- 424 open management consultant roles$121,564 median · +$47,628 · 32% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a sales representative.
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Quick answers
How much does a sales representative make?
The blended US median is about 73,936 dollars, with a typical range from 54,276 dollars to 98,815 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 66,780 dollars.
Is sales representative a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 13% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a sales representative move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 68 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 41-4012. Live corpus 585 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.