Sales managers direct an organization's sales teams, set goals, and analyze sales data. Based on 6,541 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Sales Manager is $121,800 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $66,394 |
| 25th | $89,523 |
| 50th (median) | $121,800 |
| 75th | $162,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $200,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 318 matched Sales Managers petitions.
The median worker is paid 4.4% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 31.3% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 28.6% are paid above their posted wage, 69.2% at it, and 2.2% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 6,541 filings, 1,877 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 4,664 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 71% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | 80 | $142,474 |
| 2 | HCL America, Inc. | 55 | $138,064 |
| 3 | VIVINT INC | 37 | $83,845 |
| 4 | Google LLC | 34 | $181,937 |
| 5 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | 27 | $160,678 |
| 6 | Cisco Systems Capital Corporation | 26 | $167,859 |
| 7 | LinkedIn Corporation | 25 | $137,274 |
| 8 | Amazon Web Services Inc | 21 | $165,349 |
| 9 | PARK WEST GALLERY | 19 | $114,141 |
| 10 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 18 | $149,525 |
| 11 | IBM CORPORATION | 18 | $138,285 |
| 12 | APPLE INC. | 18 | $173,463 |
| 13 | Salesforce, Inc. | 15 | $182,587 |
| 14 | Bloomberg L.P. | 14 | $154,840 |
| 15 | TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS) INC., (FORMERLY MBT INTERNATIONAL, INC.) | 13 | $124,097 |
| 16 | Siemens Energy, Inc. | 13 | $139,694 |
| 17 | Hexaware Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $143,554 |
| 18 | Stripe, Inc. | 12 | $158,029 |
| 19 | Crystal Lagoons U.S. Corp | 12 | $161,104 |
| 20 | MARLABS, INC | 11 | $172,283 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,651 | $132,766 |
| New York | 769 | $159,739 |
| Florida | 638 | $116,429 |
| Texas | 571 | $124,606 |
| Illinois | 230 | $131,302 |
| New Jersey | 228 | $151,281 |
| Georgia | 157 | $112,728 |
| Massachusetts | 152 | $137,565 |
| Washington | 152 | $141,853 |
| Michigan | 137 | $129,060 |
| North Carolina | 129 | $115,834 |
| Pennsylvania | 106 | $136,131 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.