Sales Coordinator Hourly Pay, Skills & Requirements (2026)
Advertised pay, starting pay, skills and experience from 1,785 US job postings by 1,041 employers. Data as of October 2026.
What US employers post for sales coordinators: advertised pay, the skills and experience they ask for, and the job titles they use, from 1,785 open job postings (October 2026).
- The median advertised pay for sales coordinators in US job postings is $23.00 an hour (416 postings from 232 employers, October 2026).
- The middle half of those postings offer $20.00 to $27.00 an hour.
- The skills that most set sales coordinator postings apart are Excel, Microsoft Office, organizational skills.
- Postings that state a minimum ask for a median of 2 years of experience.
Sales Coordinator job postings in the US, October 2026
- $23.00/hr
- Median advertised pay (416 postings)
- $20.00–$27.00
- Middle 50% of postings
- 1,785
- US job postings from 1,041 employers
- 2 years
- Median experience asked
How much does a sales coordinator make an hour?
The median advertised pay is $23.00 an hour, from 416 US job postings by 232 employers that state pay. That is about $53,000 a year at 2,080 hours.
Advertised pay in 416 US sales coordinator job postings: median $53,000 a year ($23.00 an hour), middle half $44,000 to $66,000.
- Median: $53,000 ($23.00/hr)
- 25th percentile: $44,000
- 75th percentile: $66,000
The figures as a table
| Annual pay | Share of postings |
|---|---|
| $10K–$20K | 0.5% |
| $20K–$30K | 1.0% |
| $30K–$40K | 11.6% |
| $40K–$50K | 25.8% |
| $50K–$60K | 26.4% |
| $60K–$70K | 13.2% |
| $70K–$80K | 7.8% |
| $80K–$90K | 4.9% |
| $90K–$100K | 2.6% |
| $100K–$110K | 1.8% |
| $110K–$120K | 0.5% |
| $120K–$130K | 1.6% |
| $150K–$160K | 0.8% |
| $170K–$180K | 0.3% |
| $230K–$240K | 1.3% |
Midpoint of each posting's pay range, hourly pay × 2,080 hours; at most 20 postings per employer; US, October 2026.
| Median | Middle 50% | Postings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postings that state an hourly rate | $23.00 | $20.00–$27.00 | 257 |
| All pay postings, annualised | $53,000 | $44K–$66K | 416 |
What is the starting salary for a sales coordinator?
Figure withheld: fewer than 250 US postings list pay. How we decide.
Skills employers ask for in sales coordinator job postings
| Skill | Share of postings |
|---|---|
| Communication | 53% |
| Excel | 38% |
| Organizational skills | 36% |
| Microsoft Office | 35% |
| Attention to detail | 32% |
| Customer service | 24% |
| Word | 21% |
| Interpersonal skills | 17% |
| Outlook | 16% |
| Problem-solving | 16% |
Skills named in the posting text; at most 20 postings per employer; US, October 2026. Methodology.
Skills that set sales coordinators apart
- Excel3.7× as often as in all postings · 38%
- Microsoft Office4.1× as often as in all postings · 35%
- Word3.7× as often as in all postings · 21%
- Outlook3.8× as often as in all postings · 16%
- Powerpoint3.6× as often as in all postings · 14%
- Detail-oriented3.8× as often as in all postings · 11%
- CRM8× as often as in all postings · 6%
- Meet deadlines5.2× as often as in all postings · 7%
- Organized3.5× as often as in all postings · 9%
- Salesforce6.8× as often as in all postings · 6%
- Manage multiple priorities4.6× as often as in all postings · 7%
- Highly organized5.7× as often as in all postings · 6%
Skills named in at least 5% of these postings and at least 3 times as often as in job postings overall.
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What does a sales coordinator do?
Employers post these jobs as Sales Administrator, Sales Support Specialist, Sales Support Representative, Sales Support Coordinator, Sales Administrative Assistant and other titles. The largest specializations are Sales Support Specialist (37%), Order Management Specialist (7%), Quotation Specialist (8%), Assistente Comercial (under 1%).
The closest official occupation is Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (43-6014.00). Its most important tasks:
- Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
- Greet visitors or callers and handle their inquiries or direct them to the appropriate persons according to their needs.
- Create, maintain, and enter information into databases.
- Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
- Operate office equipment, such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems and arrange for repairs when equipment malfunctions.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (CC BY 4.0).
How much experience do you need to be a sales coordinator?
Among 633 postings that state a minimum, the median is 2 years. 2% say 0 years and 31% ask for 1 year or less.
Minimum experience asked in 633 US sales coordinator job postings: median 2 years, and 31% ask for 1 year or less.
The figures as a table
| Minimum experience asked | Share of postings |
|---|---|
| 0 yr | 2% |
| 1 yr | 29% |
| 2 yrs | 43% |
| 3-4 yrs | 18% |
| 5-7 yrs | 7% |
| 8-9 yrs | under 1% |
| 10+ yrs | under 1% |
Postings that state a minimum (required or preferred); at most 20 postings per employer; US, October 2026.
We do not show a degree figure: in our checks, degree requirements in posting text were found too rarely to publish one. Why.
Other names for a sales coordinator: job titles employers use
| Job title | Employers using it |
|---|---|
| Sales Coordinator | 324 (31.1%) |
| Sales Administrator | 78 (7.5%) |
| Sales Support Specialist | 70 (6.7%) |
| Sales Support Representative | 57 (5.5%) |
| Sales Support Coordinator | 38 (3.6%) |
| Sales Administrative Assistant | 36 (3.5%) |
| Order Management Specialist | 36 (3.5%) |
| Sales Support | 29 (2.8%) |
| Sales Admin | 26 (2.5%) |
| Sales Support Associate | 16 (1.5%) |
| Group Sales Coordinator | 16 (1.5%) |
| Inside Sales Coordinator | 15 (1.4%) |
| Sales Support Administrator | 15 (1.4%) |
| Sales & Marketing Coordinator | 14 (1.3%) |
| Sales Support Analyst | 12 (1.1%) |
| Quotation Specialist | 11 (1.1%) |
| Quote Specialist | 11 (1.1%) |
| Order Management Representative | 10 (1.0%) |
| Sales Support Manager | 10 (1.0%) |
| Order Administrator | 10 (1.0%) |
Titles read in our audit and used by at least 3 employers.
Sales Coordinator compared with similar careers
| Career | Median pay | Median experience | Postings | Shares N of top 25 skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Coordinator | $23.00/hr | 2 years | 1,785 | – |
| Customer Service Representative | $19.00/hr | 1 year | 33,817 | 20 |
| Sales Representative | $80K | 2 years | 44,989 | 16 |
| Event Coordinator | $62K | 2 years | 2,526 | 18 |
| Administrative Assistant | $21.50/hr | 2 years | 14,117 | 18 |
Similar careers
| Career | Shares N of the top 25 skills | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representative | 20 | $19.00/hr |
| Sales Representative | 16 | $80K |
| Event Coordinator | 18 | $62K |
| Administrative Assistant | 18 | $21.50/hr |
| Account Manager | 17 | $118K |
| Office Manager | 19 | $23.31/hr |
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Source and method
Open US job postings collected from employers' applicant tracking systems, de-duplicated, counted only when their job title was read in our audit. Shares count at most 20 postings per employer, and franchise locations of one brand count as one employer. Pay uses hourly and annual figures only; a figure is shown when leaving out the largest employer moves it by 10% or less. Every figure states its number of postings. Methodology and measured accuracy.
Accuracy check: we read 20 randomly chosen postings counted on this page in full; 18 of them were this career or a closely related one (October 2026).
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