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BLS May 2025 wages High openings flow SOC 41-3091

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

About 123,000 projected annual openings shape how to read Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel against Sales Engineers, Demonstrators and Product Promoters, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Sales and Related Workers, All Other.

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Same-major-group titles next to Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel: Sales Engineers ($125K) , Demonstrators and Product Promoters ($39K) , First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers ($88K) , Sales and Related Workers, All Other ($48K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 41-3091 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Answer customers' questions about services, prices, availability, or credit terms
  2. 2. Attend sales or trade meetings or read related publications to obtain information about market conditions, business trends, regulations…
  3. 3. Compute and compare costs of services
  4. 4. Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and provide ongoing support
  5. 5. Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs
  6. 6. Create forms or agreements to complete sales
  7. 7. Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications
  8. 8. Distribute promotional materials at meetings, conferences, or trade shows
  9. 9. Emphasize or recommend service features based on knowledge of customers' needs and vendor capabilities and limitations
  10. 10. Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows
  11. 11. Inform customers of contracts or other information pertaining to purchased services
  12. 12. Maintain customer records using automated systems
Projected annual openings
123,000
growth + transfers + exits
National median $69,990/yr
$70K
National median
↑ +3%
Growth 2024-2034
1,256,010
Estimated US jobs
Sales Engineers
Highest-pay peer · $125K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education High school diploma or equivalent

Top Paying States for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

1. Rhode Island $81,450
2. Vermont $77,530
3. California $80,850
4. District of Columbia $76,770
5. Colorado $79,810
6. Washington $79,920
7. Connecticut $76,940
8. New Jersey $79,200
9. Massachusetts $83,760
10. New York $92,190

Other Sales and Related Occupations titles

  1. 1. Demonstrators and Product Promoters $39,320
  2. 2. First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers $87,520
  3. 3. Sales Engineers $124,900
  4. 4. Sales and Related Workers, All Other $48,280
  5. 5. Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers $41,380
  6. 6. Advertising Sales Agents $64,820

Roughly 123,000 projected annual openings (growth, transfers, exits) are the scale signal for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Median pay is $69,990 in Sales and Related Occupations.

Employment Projections expect +3% change between 2024 and 2034 (about as fast as average vs baseline 3.1%). BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: Rhode Island at $81,450. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Sales Engineers at $124,900. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel pay-rank #7 in Sales and Related Occupations

Among 22 detailed Sales and Related Occupations with a published OEWS median, Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel is pay-rank #7, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.

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Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 41-3091 · national median $69,990 · upper third of Sales and Related Occupations (#7/22). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

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State, metro, and percentile for SOC 41-3091

Rhode Island · top state for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

$81K published median

Vermont · #2 state pay

$78K · behind Rhode Island

Sales Engineers

Highest-pay peer vs Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · $125K

Demonstrators and Product Promoters

Lower-pay peer beside Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · $39K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Sales and Related Occupations titles sit near Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at the top of the pay table? ▼
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel is pay-rank #7 of 22 detailed Sales and Related Occupations with an OEWS median, upper third. Nearest upper-third titles: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products ($72K), Real Estate Brokers ($73K), Advertising Sales Agents ($65K), Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents ($79K). Rank is ROW_NUMBER on national median.
What do sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Leading ones include: Answer customers' questions about services, prices, availability, or credit terms; Attend sales or trade meetings or read related publications to obtain information about market conditions, business trends, regulations…; Compute and compare costs of services; Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and provide ongoing support. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
What is the OEWS national median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel? ▼
May 2025 OEWS reports $69,990 as the national median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. The published 10th-90th range is $37,980 to $148,840. Beside Sales Engineers ($124,900), this is the occupation-level national figure, not a local offer.
What employment change does BLS publish for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel is +3%. Projected annual openings: about 123,000. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: about as fast as average.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel? ▼
Rhode Island ($81,450), Vermont ($77,530), California ($80,850) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 41-3091. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics