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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Sales Managers Salary in Massachusetts

Sales Managers in Massachusetts earn a median annual salary of $170,610, which is +23.6% compared to the national median. There are 13,950 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Massachusetts (state).

$170,610
Massachusetts median annual wage
$82/hour median
+23.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $138,060
13,950
Local employment
3.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.98
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$83,320
25th
$127,300
Median
$170,610
75th
$222,360
90th
≥$239,200

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

Values marked ≥$239,200 are at or above the BLS wage cap. BLS does not publish an exact figure above this threshold.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Massachusetts, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
105.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$161,323
Goods: 98.8%
Services: 152.1%
Rents: 128.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$214,350Compare35,160
Delaware$201,090Compare1,070
Colorado$174,840Compare9,520
New Jersey$171,490Compare18,110
Virginia$170,970Compare9,520
Washington$167,210Compare10,010

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has salary data for 730 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, All Other Specialists.

Historical series

Trend for Sales Managers in Massachusetts

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Sales Managers are projected to change by +4.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 49,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.