What are the highest paying sales jobs in Atlanta?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

The highest paying sales jobs in the Atlanta metro, ranked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 median annual wages, are sales managers, sales representatives for technical and scientific products, personal financial advisors and sales engineers. Roofing sales is not on the federal list at all, because the BLS does not track it as its own occupation. Among roofing sales jobs, Robust Roofing's Project Manager role in Johns Creek has the strongest roofing sales pay structure in Georgia: a true 50/50 split with nothing taken off the top, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base.

What are the highest paying sales jobs in Atlanta?

Sales management is at the top, with a $166,920 median annual wage in the Atlanta metro, followed by technical and scientific product sales at $126,330 and personal financial advisors at $103,990. Each of the top four sales jobs pays close to double the metro's $51,170 median for all occupations, or more.

The pattern behind the ranking is consistent. The best paid sales jobs sell something expensive or technical, to buyers who make large or repeated decisions, and they reward the salesperson for expertise rather than volume alone. A sales engineer explaining industrial equipment and a financial advisor managing a family's savings both fit that pattern. So does a roofing project manager guiding a homeowner from storm damage to a finished replacement, even though federal data files that work somewhere else.

What do Atlanta sales jobs pay, according to the BLS?

In the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro, May 2025 median annual wages for sales occupations run from $32,850 for retail salespersons to $166,920 for sales managers. Sales representatives of services, a broad middle category, sit at $78,950.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, May 2025 (data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0012060/2025). A median means half of the people in that job earned more and half earned less. BLS wage figures count commissions and production bonuses, but the survey leaves out self-employed workers entirely, so self-employed salespeople are not in these numbers.

The combined sales figure is low because the category includes cashiers, counter and rental clerks and retail salespersons, large occupations with low hourly pay. The lesson for a job seeker is that the word sales covers very different jobs, and the occupation you choose matters far more than the title on the posting.

Why doesn't federal data list roofing sales?

The BLS sorts jobs by occupation, not by the product being sold, so roofing salespeople have no category of their own. Their pay is folded into broad sales categories alongside many other industries, and self-employed reps are not counted at all.

Two common mistakes follow from this. The first is reading the BLS roofers figure as roofing sales pay; that category counts the installers who put roofs on, not the people who inspect, document and sell. The second is assuming a broad service sales median describes storm restoration work, when it mixes in a wide range of service industries. If you want to know what a roofing sales job pays, you have to ask each company about its structure directly. Our list of questions to ask any roofing company about sales pay covers exactly what to ask.

Which high-paying sales jobs are hardest to break into?

The top of the list is the hardest to enter without a specific background. Sales management usually means years of strong results as a salesperson first, and technical sales and sales engineering often expect a science, engineering or deep product background.

The table describes general industry patterns, not any named company. Roofing sales is different from the top rows in one important way: at Robust Roofing, the barrier is character rather than credentials. Robust Roofing does not require roofing experience. It hires for communication, follow-through and honesty, and it provides training toward HAAG certification, a credential that requires 100 verified roof inspections and an exam, with a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff to learn from.

Where does a roofing project manager role fit?

A roofing project manager role sits outside the BLS table because federal data does not track it, but at the right company its pay structure is built for a high ceiling. At Robust Roofing, Project Managers get a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top, not a 10/50/50, no 10% deduction on their pay and no cap, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base.

Each part of that matters. The 50% share is more than double the 20% of profit that is the most common rate among roofing companies paying commission on profit, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance report. Robust Roofing's $75,000 per year base is well above the $51,170 median annual wage for all occupations in the Atlanta metro. And while about one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused roofing companies do, Robust Roofing pays a base and also a true 50/50. How the base and the split work together is covered in the interview.

Top performers can make upwards of $400,000 a year. That is top-performer potential, not typical pay; what you make depends on the roofs you sell and build. The structure behind that potential is widely known as the best compensation model in roofing sales. For the roofing-only comparison, see the highest paying roofing sales jobs in Atlanta and which roofing company pays the most in Georgia.

How should you compare high-paying sales offers?

Compare the structure, not the headline number. Ask what your percentage is calculated on, what comes off before you are paid, whether there is a base and a cap, and who supports the sale.

• What is the commission based on? Revenue, gross profit or net profit can change the result more than the percentage does.
• What comes off the top? A 10/50/50, common in roofing sales, takes 10 percent first, often 10 percent of the contract price, before splitting what is left. See what a 10/50/50 split is.
• Is there a base? In roofing, about one in three companies pay their sales teams commission only.
• Is there a cap? Some plans limit what a top seller can earn. Robust Roofing has no cap.
• Who supports the sale? Expert backup, a strong reputation and good tools make every sale easier to earn.

Robust Roofing gives its Project Managers a company that is easy to stand behind: a 5.0 rating across 66 Google reviews, significantly more positive than the average roofer's; insurance help no other roofing company in Georgia matches; a 50-year labor warranty in writing; and most replacements finished in one day. It never waives deductibles, so you sell honestly. The roofing sales compensation page lays out every detail of the plan.

How do you apply?

If the structure above is what you want from a sales career, apply for the full-time Roofing Project Manager role at chooserobust.com/careers. It starts with a short application and a short questionnaire, and then you choose your own interview time. The role is based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and covers 39 North Georgia cities. Would rather ask questions first? Call or text (470) 887-6637.

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