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National Sales Coordinator / National Sales Associate

As a National Sales Coordinator, you support national sales operations while learning the craft — supporting national accounts staff, helping with deal coordination, partnering with operations on enterprise customers. The work tends to be supervised and large-account focused.

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Enterprisingleading, persuading
Conventionalorganizing, detail-oriented
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Job markets for National Sales Coordinator / National Sales Associates
Employment concentration · ~388 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a National Sales Coordinator / National Sales Associate

Most days mix supervised coordination work with structured learning — supporting national account reps with deal administration, helping with proposal and contract work, partnering with operations on customer onboarding, supporting customer service for major accounts, and contributing to reporting. You're often working in B2B sales for major brands, healthcare, technology, or specialty national-account organizations, and the account complexity and segment shape early work.

What tends to be harder than people expect is the cross-functional coordination on enterprise accounts at junior level. Operations, finance, legal, and senior sales all touch the role, and enterprise sales cycles stretch into months. CRM fluency, deal-desk processes, and mentorship quality shape early career growth.

People who tend to thrive here are organized, comfortable with cross-functional work, patient with enterprise deal cycles, and willing to learn from senior account staff. If you want frontline selling, that lives in different roles. If you like building a foundation in national account sales operations, the early years build a base toward senior coordinator, account manager, or specialty enterprise sales roles.

IndependenceAbove avg
Working ConditionsAbove avg
AchievementAbove avg
SupportAbove avg
RecognitionModerate
RelationshipsModerate
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all National Sales Coordinator / National Sales Associates (SOC 11-2022.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$67K–$208K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
604K
U.S. Employment
+4.7%
10yr Growth
49K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$64K$61K$58K$55K$52K201920202021202220232024$52K$64K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

NegotiationActive ListeningSpeakingMonitoringSocial PerceptivenessManagement of Personnel ResourcesReading ComprehensionPersuasionCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision Making
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