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First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$87,520

United States, 2025

Employment

214,390

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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
Experience required
Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years

Typical tasks

  • Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.
  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

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

10th percentile

$50,320

25th percentile

$63,940

75th percentile

$122,050

90th percentile

$164,070

Most important skills

  • Monitoring4.0
  • Speaking4.0
  • Management of Personnel Resources4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.9
  • Time Management3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.9
  • Coordination3.9
  • Persuasion3.8
  • Reading Comprehension3.6
  • Writing3.6
  • Critical Thinking3.6

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 21 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

21

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Monitoring4.04.3Not selected4.3
Speaking4.04.0Not selected4.0
Management of Personnel Resources4.04.0Not selected4.0
Active Listening4.04.0Not selected4.0
Time Management3.94.0Not selected4.0
Social Perceptiveness3.94.0Not selected4.0
Coordination3.94.0Not selected4.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.93.9Not selected3.9
Reading Comprehension3.64.1Not selected4.1
Persuasion3.83.9Not selected3.9
Writing3.64.0Not selected4.0
Critical Thinking3.63.9Not selected3.9
Negotiation3.63.8Not selected3.8
Complex Problem Solving3.63.6Not selected3.6
Instructing3.34.0Not selected4.0
Active Learning3.53.6Not selected3.6
Learning Strategies3.33.6Not selected3.6
Systems Evaluation3.13.5Not selected3.5
Service Orientation3.13.1Not selected3.1
Systems Analysis3.13.1Not selected3.1
Mathematics3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Boulder, CO$136,3807302025
Boston, MA$122,8704,4702025
NY$121,78016,8702025
New York, NY$116,98018,3002025
Denver, CO$115,3905,4302025
MA$115,1505,4902025
Greeley, CO$113,4602402025
Kiryas Joel, NY$112,1403502025
CO$110,4508,2302025
Syracuse, NY$107,7005602025
SD$105,6806802025
Sioux Falls, SD$105,6003002025
San Francisco, CA$105,1302,4202025
Rapid City, SD$103,8301102025
Kenosha, WI$103,0701102025
Buffalo, NY$102,5208502025
Durham, NC$102,3006602025
Allentown, PA$102,0004902025
Colorado Springs, CO$101,9106202025
Barnstable Town, MA$101,7001202025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.