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Sales

22 careers in sales.

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CareerMedian yearly payAll workers · May 2025Projected growth2025–35Openings per yearprojected, 2025–35Typical 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.