Overview & Salary

Overview

Sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel to consumers.

On the job, you would:

  • Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
  • Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
  • Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.

Education

  • high school diploma/GED
  • no high school diploma/GED

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $23,740
Annual median $33,680
Annual 90th percentile $48,110

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • sales and marketing
  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others

Social

  • talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
  • looking for ways to help people

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Cooperation
  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things
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