Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
SOC 41-3091 · 2024-2034
Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $81,587per year
- Projected openings
- 164,660
- Projected change
- +4.7%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $106,536 | 18,430 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $106,443 | 13,260 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $84,616 | 8,570 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $81,101 | 770 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $80,834 | 37,080 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $79,724 | 15,960 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $75,922 | 12,290 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $75,768 | 1,240 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $73,120 | 470 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $71,259 | 6,370 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $70,492 | 680 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $68,662 | 1,410 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $66,750 | 660 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $65,114 | 500 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $63,815 | 8,710 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $63,805 | 1,200 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $63,222 | 1,540 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $63,212 | 1,830 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $62,414 | 430 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $62,394 | 2,000 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $61,688 | 240 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $61,340 | 880 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $58,334 | 210 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $58,007 | 130 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $57,854 | 340 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $53,263 | 380 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $52,445 | 350 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $51,361 | 720 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $50,717 | 160 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $49,755 | 330 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $49,755 | 1,040 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | $50,733 | 219,040 | -5.6% |
| Telemarketers | $46,419 | 3,850 | -22.5% |
| Sales Managers | $137,173 | 88,500 | +2.9% |
| New Accounts Clerks | $53,333 | 480 | -20% |
| Advertising Sales Agents | $81,092 | 9,540 | -4.9% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $81,879 | 20,300 | -4.9% |
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