Entry-level Sales Manager salary in New York, NY

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bridgewater, Brooklyn, Edison, Jersey City, Bedminster.

Also listed as: Sales Director

Median salary$130,000
Middle 50%$129.9k–$144.5k
vs. all levels here−35%comparison median $200,000
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $126,734 and $178,700.
PercentileSalary
10th$126,822
25th$129,896
50th (median)$130,000
75th$144,463
90th$166,745

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $120k $140k FY2020: median $117,642 (18 filings) FY2021: median $116,640 (14 filings) FY2022: median $117,686 (14 filings) FY2023: median $119,725 (11 filings) FY2024: median $130,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $130,000 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 18 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 19
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$117,642$109,970$130,00018
FY2021$116,640$110,696$127,25014
FY2022$117,686$117,686$118,00014
FY2023$119,725$112,778$126,11311
FY2024$130,000$120,000$145,00013
FY2025$130,000$129,896$149,46319
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median entry-level Sales Manager salary of $130,000 is worth about $115,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Sales Managers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $215,150 in May 2025 (44,870 employed). The H-1B median here is $130,000, 40% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $130,000 27
Mid-level · Level II $193,350 42
Senior · Level III $250,000 21
Expert · Level IV $300,841 16

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$126,734$130,00027
Mid-level · Level II$182,811$193,35042
Senior · Level III$238,888$250,00021
Expert · Level IV$300,830$300,84116

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.