Career field
Sales careers
Occupations selling goods and services across industries. CampusPin lists 22 sales occupations, with median pay ranging from $31,190 to $121,520 per year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024). Median pay is occupation-wide, not a starting wage or a guarantee.
Occupations in this field
- Sales engineers$121,520
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products$100,070
- Models$89,990
- First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers$84,130
- Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents$78,140
- Real estate brokers$72,280
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products$66,780
- Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel$66,260
- Advertising sales agents$61,460
- Insurance sales agents$60,370
- Real estate sales agents$56,320
- Travel agents$48,450
- First-line supervisors of retail sales workers$47,320
- Sales and related workers, all other$46,370
- Counter and rental clerks$38,540
- Demonstrators and product promoters$37,960
- Parts salespersons$37,440
- Gambling change persons and booth cashiers$34,810
- Retail salespersons$34,580
- Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers$34,530
- Telemarketers$34,410
- Cashiers$31,190
Majors that lead into this field
CampusPin majors whose program maps to occupations in this field via the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk.
Occupation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (Employment Projections); wages are 2024 and projections cover 2024–2034. Figures are national, not institution-specific, and projections are estimates, not guarantees.