Outside Sales Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

The Minneapolis outside sales market is thin right now, with only one active opening in our current data set. That single opening is from Toast, which is telling. Toast is the only employer with a listed outside sales opening in this specific data pull.

While Minneapolis has a foundation in medical device and CPG sales, the newer field roles are increasingly in tech and software. Companies like Toast are targeting the dense restaurant and retail corridors in the city and first-ring suburbs. The job is selling SaaS to a business owner in Uptown or the North Loop, not industrial equipment to a plant in a rural territory.

Territory and Travel

For these types of software and business service roles, expect a metro-focused territory. Your work will be high-activity B2B sales almost entirely within the I-494/694 loop. This means daily car travel and a focus on hitting a high volume of local accounts, but very limited overnight trips. It’s a different job than the classic Minnesota territory that required regular multi-day trips to Duluth, St. Cloud, and into the Dakotas.

Compensation Structure

Our current sample has no reliable salary data. Few companies post their ranges for outside sales roles in this market. The quality of the job postings themselves is also variable; we're even seeing data errors like [object Object] listed as a job title.

What I can tell you is to expect a split compensation plan. For a role selling software subscriptions, this will almost always be a base salary plus a commission structure. That commission will be tied to metrics like new accounts signed and monthly recurring revenue (MRR). Your On-Target Earnings (OTE) figure is the number to focus on, not just the base salary.