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Sales Manager Career Market Report 2026

7,719 active jobs. 1,696 companies. Median salary $78K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

7,719
Active Job Openings
1,696
Companies Hiring
$78K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Sales Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $78K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $37K to $200K.

Remote roles pay 51% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 20%

C# demand rose +7.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Knitwellgroup leads hiring with 473 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$85K, +89%)

Salary increase: +$85K · Sample: Manager → Director

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 20% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager709$70K$95K$208K
Lead261$33K$36K$44K
Director26$121K$180K$325K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$85K (89%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States560$75KUSD
Remote83$114KUSD
Canada12$110KUSD
United Kingdom11$80KGBP
Germany3$54KEUR

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.3%
Remote12.2%
Hybrid2.2%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
20%
Sales Pipeline
11%
Salesforce
11%
Account Management
9%
Negotiation
8%
C#
8%
Customer Success
6%
B2B Sales
5%
Upselling
5%
CRM Software
4%

Skills on the Rise

C# ↑+7.9ppB2B Sales ↑+5.1ppSales Pipeline ↑+5.0ppUpselling ↑+4.9ppCRM Software ↑+4.1pp

Declining in Demand

Excel ↓-16.8ppCustomer Service ↓-14.0ppJournalism ↓-13.1ppMental Health ↓-7.8ppPublic Speaking ↓-6.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Knitwellgroup4736.1%
Carters2062.7%
N2Publishingglassdoor1992.6%
Atia1431.9%
Justfab1231.6%
Accorhotel981.3%
1Komma5Grad741.0%
Cermaticom630.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States2,526
Remote498
Germany357
India272
United Kingdom241
Canada137
China113
Indonesia109

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree47.0%2,349
Master's Degree11.1%555
Bachelor's Degree11.0%549
MBA1.5%76
PhD / Doctorate0.2%12
High School / GED0.0%1

Certifications

PRINCE2 (5%)MBA (3%)ITIL (2%)

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