Sales and Related Occupations

SOC major group 41-0000: 22 detailed occupations, 22 with a published national median (May 2025). The group employs 13,424,300 people nationally.

The group as a whole

Sales and Related Occupations: national wage percentiles, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
United States	Hourly	$13.50	$15.60	$18.52	$29.37	$48.00	$26.43	13,424,300
United States	Annual	$28,080	$32,440	$38,530	$61,100	$99,850	$54,960	13,424,300

Every occupation in the group, by median annual wage

Occupation	SOC	Median hourly	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment
Sales Engineers	41-9031	$60.05	$124,900	$130,140	51,790
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	41-4011	$50.44	$104,920	$119,730	284,800
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	41-1012	$42.08	$87,520	$99,370	214,390
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	41-3031	$37.82	$78,660	$109,150	489,570
Real Estate Brokers	41-9021	$35.20	$73,220	$83,950	46,100
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	41-4012	$34.65	$72,080	$82,530	1,238,190
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	41-3091	$33.65	$69,990	$82,430	1,256,010
Advertising Sales Agents	41-3011	$31.16	$64,820	$80,670	91,700
Insurance Sales Agents	41-3021	$29.94	$62,280	$81,480	479,100
Real Estate Sales Agents	41-9022	$25.40	$52,830	$69,510	193,370
Travel Agents	41-3041	$24.11	$50,160	$54,660	55,110
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	41-1011	$23.33	$48,520	$53,380	1,121,800
Models	41-9012	$23.30	$48,470	$72,800	3,780
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	41-9099	$23.21	$48,280	$58,510	93,180
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	41-9091	$19.89	$41,380	$43,850	2,760
Counter and Rental Clerks	41-2021	$19.86	$41,300	$45,700	400,810
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	41-9011	$18.91	$39,320	$45,580	64,520
Parts Salespersons	41-2022	$18.57	$38,630	$43,830	270,070
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	41-2012	$17.41	$36,220	$39,100	21,530
Telemarketers	41-9041	$17.04	$35,450	$37,370	58,430
Retail Salespersons	41-2031	$17.03	$35,410	$37,310	3,897,860
Cashiers	41-2011	$15.81	$32,880	$33,180	3,089,410

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: National OEWS estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.