Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Marketing · Professional Sales
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $50,090; experienced workers reach $173,740. About 1,980 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +15.4%
- Openings a year
- 218
- Employed in 2024
- 1,993
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Speaking4.0
- Persuasion4.0
- Active Listening4.1
- Negotiation4.0
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Reading Comprehension4.1
- Service Orientation3.4
- Coordination3.4
What the work is
Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of postsecondary education.
- Answer customers' questions about products, prices, availability, or credit terms.
- Quote prices, credit terms, or other bid specifications.
- Emphasize product features, based on analyses of customers' needs and on technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations.
- Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.
- Maintain customer records, using automated systems.
- Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information, such as selling strategies or marketing information.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less14%
- Certificate14%
- Some college30%
- Bachelor's degree41%
Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.
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