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Sales Managers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Sumter, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Managers is $215,150 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $124,810 per year in Sumter, SC. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 72.4% above Sumter, SC 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 44,870 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 80 in Sumter, SC. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings