Sales Manager salary in Boston, MA

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Medford, Cambridge, Beverly, Chelsea, Lexington.

Also listed as: Sales Director

Median salary$121,300
Middle 50%$110.1k–$187.5k
vs. national median−23%comparison median $156,546
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $94,506 and $244,330.
PercentileSalary
10th$96,112
25th$110,060
50th (median)$121,300
75th$187,500
90th$214,437

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $130k $170k FY2020: median $133,900 (11 filings) FY2021: median $155,106 (17 filings) FY2023: median $155,376 (11 filings) FY2024: median $156,287 (14 filings) FY2025: median $107,000 (10 filings) FY2026: median $137,500 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 17 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 17
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$133,900$121,742$154,27111
FY2021$155,106$135,975$163,20017
FY2022–––6
FY2023$155,376$94,300$160,79011
FY2024$156,287$131,750$168,14314
FY2025$107,000$96,760$184,68110
FY2026$137,500$113,360$185,70012

Cost of living

Boston's median Sales Manager salary of $121,300 is worth about $112,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Boston = 108.3).

Compared with all workers here

All Sales Managers in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $206,610 in May 2025 (11,540 employed). The H-1B median here is $121,300, 41% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Reputation Institutetoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $110,240 13
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$110,240$110,24013

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.