First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers Career, Salary and Skills

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $87,520 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 214,390. Wage data is published for 417 locations.

Occupation description

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of sales workers other than retail sales workers. May perform duties such as budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

O*NET code

41-1012.00

Job zone

4

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years

National salary and employment

Median annual

$87,520

Hourly median

$42.08

Employment

214,390

Data year

2025

National salary distribution

$50,320
10th
$63,940
25th
$87,520
Median
$122,050
75th
$164,070
90th

Top skills

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Typical tasks

  • Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.
  • Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or performing specific services.
  • Listen to and resolve customer complaints regarding services, products, or personnel.
  • Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions.
  • Hire, train, and evaluate personnel.
  • Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
  • Plan and prepare work schedules, and assign employees to specific duties.
  • Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.
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Technology

  • Budgeting software
  • Cisco Webex
  • Customer information databases
  • Delphi Discovery
  • Delphi Technology
  • Electronic data interchange EDI software
  • Financial accounting software
  • Flow chart software
  • Fuze cloud communications and collaboration software
  • Graphics creation software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
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First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers salary by location

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Related careers

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.