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Sales Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the actual distribution or movement of a product or service to the customer. Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals and establish training programs for sales representatives. Analyze sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences of customers.
What a sales manager does
Become a sales manager
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good sales manager
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $96 per hour with an average salary of $172,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $42 and $103 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $45,000 and $171,200 per year.
- 55% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $81 per hour with an average salary of $74,300 per year.
Sales Manager job outlook
- There are 9,271 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 1,133 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.