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PERM occupation, SOC 11-2022, #197 of 1,410 by filings
Sales Manager
- Biggest sponsor
- VIVINT, INC. · 10% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 27% of its filings
- Major group
- Management · SOC 11
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
Median wage
$129,111
all PERM $103,272
Filings
219
#197 of 1,410
Approval
94.0%
field 96.8%
Median days
394
83 faster than the field
What it pays
Where its median offer sits among every occupation, then the whole ladder of certified offers by year and by state.
Median offered wage
$129,111above 84%
Approval rate
94.0%ahead of 32%
Median days to decision
394 daysahead of 75%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
Who files it
The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, the places the work sits, and who the workers were.
Sponsors filing it
- VIVINT, INC. 22 filings
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 filings
- APPLE INC. 3 filings
- BUNGE OILS, INC. 2 filings
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2 filings
- DOORDASH INC. 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 35 of 219 filings, 16% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Harris Beach PLLC 22 filings
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP 17 filings
- Berry Appleman Leiden LLP 4 filings
- Duane Morris LLP 4 filings
- Ellis Porter, PLC 4 filings
- Jackson Lewis PC 3 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 54 of 219 filings, 25% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 60
- Florida 28
- Utah 22
- Texas 21
- Michigan 15
- New York 10
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 156 of 219 filings.
Where the work is
- Provo, UT 22
- Miami, FL 9
- San Francisco, CA 9
- Houston, TX 8
- New York, NY 7
- Irvine, CA 6
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 61 of 219 filings.
- Every sponsor that files it, by state, approval rate, offered wage and time to a decision
- Every filing for it, PERM, wage requests and H-1B, case by case
Who filled these jobs, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- India 359
- Canada 279
- United Kingdom 171
- South Korea 157
- Brazil 153
- Mexico 118
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 1,148
- Master's 728
- None 335
- High School 117
- Other 89
- Associate's 50
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 847
- L-1 581
- E-2 291
- F-1 101
- E-1 87
- B-2 76
Schools
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY 15
- DUKE UNIVERSITY 14
- INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY 14
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY 12
- HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES 11
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 11
Fields of study
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 533
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 70
- ECONOMICS 63
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 49
- MANAGEMENT 42
- MARKETING 39
The job itself
What O*NET says the work is, what the market pays it by BLS's survey, its outlook, and DOL's wage levels year by year.
- United States637,080 jobs
- Provo-Orem-Lehi, UTProvo
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMiami
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CASan Francisco
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXHouston
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew York
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
- median PERM offer
| Area | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $148,270 | ||||
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $135,210 | $84,074 | $120,182 | $156,270 | $192,379 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $130,180 | $78,832 | $114,130 | $149,427 | $184,725 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $170,810 | $94,078 | $144,123 | $194,168 | $244,213 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $135,880 | $78,541 | $116,002 | $153,462 | $190,923 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $215,150 | $129,522 | $181,376 | $233,251 | $285,106 |
How these figures fit together
BLS surveys employers on what they pay everyone in a job; DOL builds its four levels from the same survey a year later (the July 2026 wage year uses BLS's May 2025 estimates). DOL publishes levels by area, not nationally, so the United States line has none. Levels are hourly in DOL's tables; here they're shown a year at 2,080 hours, as DOL computes them. The metros are the ones holding the most of this job's PERM filings, placed by Census's county files.
The block is the middle half of what employers report paying everyone in this job, citizen or not; the ticks under it are DOL's four prevailing wage levels for that metro, the floors a PERM or H-1B offer is held to. More
DOL's levels for this job in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, year by year
Each July DOL resets the four levels from BLS's newest survey. A determination keeps the figures of the year it was issued in.
| Wage year | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $84,074 | $120,182 | $156,270 | $192,379 |
| 2025-26 | $86,466 | $121,826 | $157,186 | $192,546 |
| 2024-25 | $79,518 | $116,854 | $154,211 | $191,547 |
| 2023-24 | $72,363 | $105,643 | $138,902 | $172,182 |
| 2022-23 | $60,944 | $90,064 | $119,184 | $148,304 |
| 2021-22 | $63,835 | $91,478 | $119,122 | $146,765 |
What the job is
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.
- Preparation
- Considerable Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 4
- DOL's education basis
- Bachelor's degree
- Wage year 2026-27, on DOL's Appendix A list
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.5%
- About 47,300 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
- Less than 5 years of related work (BLS)
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for rapid growth.
The work, most important first
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
- Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
- Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs, and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase.
- Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.
- Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs.
The education workers in it report
- 19%
Some College Courses
- 71%
Bachelor's Degree
Titles people use for it
District Sales Manager, Sales Director, Sales Manager, Sales VP (Sales Vice President), Fractional Sales Executive, National Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Sales and Marketing VP (Sales and Marketing Vice President).
Related jobs: Marketing Managers, Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Advertising and Promotions Managers, Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products, Purchasing Managers.
This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database and O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. PERM Tracker has modified some of this information (the shares are rounded and only the top tasks are shown); what changed. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Against other jobs
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 197 of 1,410 by volume: 196 filed at least as many filings, and 1,213 filed no more.
- Just above
- N/A 220 filings
- Just below
- Construction Managers 219 filings
Other management roles
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. More
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. Wages inside a group still swing hard, because the group holds every seniority level and every metro.
- #198 Construction Managers 219 filings · 20 denied
- #202 Chief Executives 215 filings · 23 denied
- #206 Medical and Health Services Managers 209 filings · 15 denied
- #212 Treasurers and Controllers 195 filings · 6 denied
- #180 Purchasing Managers 243 filings · 7 denied
- #217 Logistics Managers 189 filings · 9 denied
The same job on H-1B
4,410 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $149,000 a year; the middle half ran $115,000 to $187,538. By state and year in the salary explorer.
Notes on these numbers
Reading the wage
A floor, not a salary survey: every level and metro mixed. DOL's four wage levels for this job, by area.
What the median is
The median wage employers committed to in federal filings for this occupation. It mixes every experience level and every metro, and it's a floor: the employer must offer at least the prevailing wage DOL determines for the occupation, level and county. Across all PERM filings the middle half of offered wages runs $45,178 to $141,357, so a figure inside that band is unremarkable whichever occupation it belongs to. The levels page reads DOL's OFLC wage search live.
What these numbers don't say
4 notes
- The code is the identity
- This one is SOC 11-2022. Two SOC codes can carry the same job title, so a title that looks duplicated on the ranking is two different occupations. Match on the code when you're checking a specific filing.
- A median isn’t an offer
- It's the middle of all 219 wages committed to for this occupation across the country, entry level and principal alike. The same role's medians swing hard by worksite, which the state map shows directly.
- Approval isn’t about the occupation
- The denial rate moves with what happened in the filing rather than with the job title, so nothing here is a property of Sales Manager. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 219 counted here carry a decision date, because every case in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still waiting is in none of them. The largest filer of this occupation is VIVINT, INC.. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Weighing an offer?
Compare it against this median, then check the state map, where the same occupation's medians swing hard by worksite.
Setting one?
All 1,410 occupations sort together on the wages page, and denial rates show how outcome moves with the offered wage.
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this occupation until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
O*NET occupation data: O*NET Database, USDOL/ETA (onetcenter.org) · data through Aug 16, 2026 · twice a year
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
BLS employment projections: BLS Employment Projections (bls.gov) · data through Dec 31, 2025 · yearly, each autumn
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
O*NET occupation data: What O*NET says each occupation is and takes: its description, tasks, Job Zone and the education workers report. A description of the job everywhere, not of any one employer's opening.
BLS market pay: What employers report paying everyone in each job, nationally, by state and by metro, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). Citizens and immigrants alike; not PERM offers.
BLS employment projections: BLS's ten-year projection of each job's employment and yearly openings, and the entry education it calls typical. A projection, not a count.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. The floors an offer is held to, not what anyone was paid.
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