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Sales Managers Salary in IL

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Sales Managers in IL have a median annual salary of $155,280, with 32,240 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $78,760 at the 10th percentile to $282,890 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$155,280

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$74.65

Employment

32,240

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$78,760
10th
$108,420
25th
$155,280
Median
$208,670
75th
$282,890
90th

Local compared with national

IL

$155,280

Median annual · 2025

United States

$148,270

Median annual · 2025

The IL median is 4.7% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $7,010).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 4.0
  3. 3.NegotiationImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.9
  5. 5.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.9
  6. 6.MonitoringImportance 3.9
  7. 7.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.9
  8. 8.PersuasionImportance 3.9
  9. 9.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.9
  10. 10.Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.9
  11. 11.Active LearningImportance 3.8
  12. 12.CoordinationImportance 3.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • Act!
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Airtable
  • Apple Keynote
  • Avidian Technologies Prophet
  • Bentley MicroStation
  • Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
  • Contact management software
  • Database software
  • Delphi Discovery
  • Delphi Technology
  • Dropbox
  • Eclipse IDE

Common tasks

  • Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
  • Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
  • Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
  • Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs, and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase.
  • Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.
  • Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs.
  • Direct and coordinate activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, commodities, real estate, or other subjects of sale.
  • Determine price schedules and discount rates.
  • Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures.
  • Confer or consult with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment and customer specifications.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Sales Managers salary in other locations

Other occupations in IL