Compared with the local labor market
Division Manager pay vs. the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Sales Managers — about 8,940 people — is $201,780. Transportation pays a median base salary of $214,508 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Transportation sits in the local pay range
$84,330
$128,620
$201,780
$306,900
$345,980
Transportation median · $214,508
The bar is the range of annual wages for Sales Managers across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Sales Managers — about 637,080 people — is $148,270. Transportation’s median base salary is 45% above that national figure, about the 76th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$73,170
$100,360
$148,270
$207,340
$290,540
Transportation median · $214,508
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Transportation is $272,144, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Division Manager beyond City of San Jose
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $266,485 ranks #1 of 4. See Division Manager across all of City of San Jose →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Division Managerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.