H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 11-2022Rank #58Updated Sep 2026

Sales Managers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Sales Managers (SOC 11-2022). Based on 16,555 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$149,552
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$115,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$196,802
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
691
Rank #58 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I1,078$70,651$88,000$110,898
Level II1,825$102,398$121,192$153,000
Level III1,385$124,000$150,000$185,400
Level IV1,681$148,949$181,584$222,525
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$70,651$88,000$110,898
Level II$102,398$121,192$153,000
Level III$124,000$150,000$185,400
Level IV$148,949$181,584$222,525

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA3,431$123,885
2NY2,949$125,500
3TX1,585$107,531
4FL1,375$91,000
5NJ887$117,166
6IL713$105,165
7MA464$114,726
8GA449$95,000
9WA401$128,378
10VA334$87,500

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$82k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$104k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$115k
FY2019$119k
FY2020$124k
FY2021$127k
FY2022$138k
FY2023$146k
FY2024$142k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$150k
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14 employers filed H-1B LCAs for Sales Managers — ranked, with certification rates and a sponsor-health signal.

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