SOC 11-2022 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sales Managers make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Managers in Auburn-Opelika, AL is $116,000. The 10th percentile is $66,870 and the 90th percentile is $198,320. Employment is 90.

Median annual wage

$116,000

10th percentile
$66,870
25th percentile
$85,770
Median
$116,000
75th percentile
$149,140
90th percentile
$198,320
Mean
$127,410

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Sales Managers, the published 10th percentile is $66,870 and the 90th percentile is $198,320. The difference is $131,450, which is 113.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $85,770 to the 75th at $149,140, covers $63,370.

The mean annual wage is $127,410, which sits above the median of $116,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Auburn-Opelika, AL median is 21.8% lower than the national median of $148,270 for Sales Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $131,919, which is 11% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.5% lower than the Alabama median of $124,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $116,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Managers at $131,919 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Managers. Auburn-Opelika, AL ranks 20th of 26 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Columbus, GA-AL is 40 miles away, with a median of $136,340 and employment of 270. That median is 17.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $152,683, against $131,919 here.
  • Montgomery, AL is 52 miles away, with a median of $102,630 and employment of 280. That median is 11.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $114,438, against $131,919 here.
  • Dothan, AL is 86 miles away, with a median of $101,950 and employment of 120. That median is 12.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $121,611, against $131,919 here.

Employment share

Sales Managers accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Auburn-Opelika, AL (90 of 72,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.41% of employment (637,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Auburn-Opelika, AL · Sales Managers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Sales Managers make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Managers in Auburn-Opelika, AL is $116,000. The 10th percentile is $66,870 and the 90th percentile is $198,320. Employment is 90.

How does that compare with the national median for Sales Managers?

The local median is 21.8% lower than the national median of $148,270.

What is Sales Managers pay in Auburn-Opelika, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $116,000 is $131,919. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Auburn-Opelika, AL compare with nearby metros for Sales Managers?

Columbus, GA-AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 40 miles away, at $136,340. Auburn-Opelika, AL ranks 20th of 26 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.