Operations and sales

Sales Manager in the United States

400 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 100 employers · largest 8% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 400 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
8%
31 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
0%
1 of 400 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
Salesforce Certified AdministratorSalesforce
1%
2 of 400 postings$200 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepSalesforce →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
4%
17 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job

71%reported bachelor’s degree

Bachelor’s degree71%
Some college, no degree19%
Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree5%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 11-2022.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$73,170

10th percentile

$148,270

median

$290,540

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

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