Selling things that need deep expertise or trust, from surgical implants and private jets to seeds, solar panels, and fine art.
Top pay: highest pay, longest training
Sales Engineer: An engineer who helps sell complex technical products by explaining how they work and designing solutions for customers. Typical pay $125k.
Medical Device Sales Representative: Sells medical devices like artificial knees, heart stents, or surgical robots, often standing in the operating room to advise surgeons. Typical pay $130k.
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative: Educates doctors about prescription medicines and persuades them to prescribe their company's drugs. Typical pay $115k.
Aircraft Sales Broker: Buys and sells private jets and planes for wealthy clients and companies. Typical pay $150k.
Mid pay: solid pay, degree or apprenticeship
Yacht Broker: Sells luxury boats and yachts and helps buyers find the perfect vessel. Typical pay $108k.
Technical Sales Representative: Sells technical and scientific products like lab equipment, industrial machines, or software to businesses. Typical pay $100k.
Insurance Sales Agent: Helps people and businesses choose insurance for cars, homes, health, and life. Typical pay $61k.
Real Estate Agent: Helps people buy, sell, and rent homes and other property. Typical pay $57k.
Solar Sales Consultant: Explains solar panels and batteries to homeowners and businesses and sells them systems. Typical pay $70k.
Art Dealer / Gallery Sales Director: Sells paintings, sculptures, and other artworks to collectors and represents artists. Typical pay $65k.
Timeshare Sales Executive: Sells shares in vacation resorts to tourists, usually on commission. Typical pay $70k.
In-Home Sales Consultant: Visits homeowners to sell roofs, windows, solar, kitchens or HVAC systems. Typical pay $70k.
Promotional Products Sales Rep: Sells logo items, like T-shirts, water bottles and pens, that companies and schools give away. Typical pay $62k.
Casket & Funeral Supply Sales Rep: Sells caskets, urns, burial vaults and supplies to funeral homes, visiting them on a route and helping them set up selection rooms. Typical pay $78k.
Livestock Genetics Sales Rep: Sells frozen semen from top bulls and genetic testing to dairy and beef farmers, and helps them choose breeding to improve their herds. Typical pay $75k.
Fire Truck Sales Representative: Sells custom fire engines, ladder trucks and ambulances to fire departments, helping them design each truck and win public funding. Typical pay $90k.
Aircraft Parts Broker: Buys and sells used and new airplane parts, from engines to landing gear, finding the right certified part fast when a plane is stuck on the ground. Typical pay $85k.
Center Pivot Irrigation Sales Rep: Sells the giant rolling sprinkler systems that water circular fields across the farm belt, designing each one for a farmer's land and water. Typical pay $78k.
Starter: fastest way in
Auto Salesperson: Helps customers pick, test drive, and buy new or used vehicles at a dealership. Typical pay $50k.
Auto Parts Salesperson: Helps mechanics and customers find the right parts for cars, trucks, and equipment. Typical pay $40k.
Fine Jewelry Sales Consultant: Helps customers choose engagement rings, watches and other fine jewelry. Typical pay $42k.
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