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| Career | Median yearly payAll workers · May 2025 | Projected growth2025–35 | Openings per yearprojected, 2025–35 | Typical education to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashiers No bachelor's needed | $32,880 | -6.5% | 521,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Retail salespersons No bachelor's needed | $35,410 | -0.3% | 520,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel No bachelor's needed | $69,990 | +2.7% | 115,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of retail sales workers No bachelor's needed | $48,520 | -3.7% | 113,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products No bachelor's needed | $72,080 | -0.9% | 99,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Counter and rental clerks No bachelor's needed | $41,300 | +3.0% | 46,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Insurance sales agents No bachelor's needed | $62,280 | +3.3% | 43,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | $78,660 | +1.4% | 35,100 | Bachelor's degree |
| Real estate sales agents No bachelor's needed | $52,830 | +1.7% | 32,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Parts salespersons No bachelor's needed | $38,630 | +3.0% | 30,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | $104,920 | +1.2% | 23,600 | Bachelor's degree |
| First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers No bachelor's needed | $87,520 | +0.5% | 21,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sales and related workers, all other No bachelor's needed | $48,280 | +1.1% | 13,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Demonstrators and product promoters No bachelor's needed | $39,320 | +0.2% | 11,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Advertising sales agents No bachelor's needed | $64,820 | -7.2% | 7,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Real estate brokers No bachelor's needed | $73,220 | +0.8% | 7,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Travel agents No bachelor's needed | $50,160 | +0.2% | 5,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Telemarketers No bachelor's needed | $35,450 | -21.4% | 5,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers No bachelor's needed | $41,380 | -10.4% | 4,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Gambling change persons and booth cashiers No bachelor's needed | $36,220 | -1.9% | 3,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Sales engineers | $124,900 | +2.8% | 3,800 | Bachelor's degree |
| Models No bachelor's needed | $48,470 | -2.1% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
Median yearly pay is from May 2025, for all workers at every experience level: half earn more, half less. Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025 to 2035; openings include jobs that come open as people retire or change careers.
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