Georgia·Sales and Related Occupations·SOC 41-1012

Best First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Worker programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of sales workers other than retail sales workers.

4 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 90 people a year. The job pays a median of $82,400 in Georgia across about 10,460 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSales LeaderSales SupervisorReservations SupervisorCustomer Service SupervisorSales CounselorShift SupervisorSales Team LeaderDry Cleaning Manager
Graduates / yr
90
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$82,400
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
10,460
people employed
Schools
4
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
50%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.1804In Georgia
46
51.1%
3$50,281$24,250
2
CIP 52.1899In Georgia
44
48.9%
1$50,281$24,250

Top 4 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 4 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
44General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations, Other$16,68253%55%
2Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
35Selling Skills and Sales Operations38%
3South Georgia Technical College
Americus, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
8Selling Skills and Sales Operations61%
4Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
3Selling Skills and Sales Operations49%

All 4 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Georgia State UniversityAtlantaPublic441
Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMariettaPublic351
South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericusPublic81
Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlantaPublic31

What first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$82,400
Mean annual
$93,180
Jobs in state
10,460
What the range looks like
10th pct$47,800Median$82,40090th pct$150,560
Versus the national median
-5.9%

U.S. median $87,520. Georgia pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.55×

Concentrated here: Georgia employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$90,140median
6,880 jobs
Gainesville, GA
$79,250median
150 jobs
Savannah, GA
$77,800median
410 jobs
Dalton, GA
$78,720median
90 jobs
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
$74,440median
300 jobs
Albany, GA
$73,300median
130 jobs
Warner Robins, GA
$74,100median
60 jobs
Macon-Bibb County, GA
$73,550median
170 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
0.0%
Little or no change
Openings per year
24,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
0
320,000 → 320,000
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers page.

How to become a First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Worker

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.1804Selling Skills and Sales Operations
  • 52.1899General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations, Other
  • 52.1909Special Products Marketing Operations

Common questions

Answers for people weighing first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become a First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Worker?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Selling Skills and Sales Operations, which awarded 46 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 51.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Worker?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are General Sales. Together they graduate about 90 people a year in Georgia.

How much do first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers earn in Georgia?+

The median is $82,400 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.9% below the U.S. median of $87,520. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers growing?+

BLS projects a +0.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 24,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

4 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Sales Leader, Sales Supervisor, Reservations Supervisor, Customer Service Supervisor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 41-1012.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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