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Sales Managers pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Managers is $124,290 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. It is $215,150 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 42.2% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-2022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 300 wage and salary jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and 44,870 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.