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Sales Managers |
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Sales managers direct organizations' sales teams. They set sales goals, analyze data, and develop training programs for organizations' sales representatives.
Sales managers often are required to travel. Most sales managers work full time, and they often have to work additional hours on evenings and weekends.
Most sales managers have a bachelor's degree and work experience as a sales representative.
The median annual wage for sales managers was $113,860 in May 2015.
Employment of sales managers is projected to grow 5 percent from 2014 to 2024, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Employment growth of these managers will depend primarily on growth or contraction in the industries that employ them.
Explore resources for employment and wages by state and area for sales managers.
Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of sales managers with similar occupations.
Learn more about sales managers by visiting additional resources, including O*NET, a source on key characteristics of workers and occupations. |
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Top Ten Industries |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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Sales Managers |
Management of Companies and Enterprises |
29,740 |
Automobile Dealers |
24,440 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
20,500 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) |
17,220 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
13,460 |
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
11,560 |
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers |
10,590 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services |
9,190 |
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
8,510 |
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only) |
8,120 |
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Interesting Fact |
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In the 18th and 19th century, hatmakers used poisionous chemicals including mercury in their work. As result, many developed pathological symptons -- an estimated 10% went insane. Hence the term "mad as a hatter" and Lewis Carroll's character, the Mad Hatter. |
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