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Telemarketers

Helps customers find the right products, and builds relationships that last.

Typical education to startNo formal educational credential
Job outlook2025–2035: -21%
Median pay$35,450 a year (2025)
Interest codeECS Enterprising, Conventional, Social

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Sales representatives learn their products inside out, find and meet with customers, solve their problems and close deals. Many travel and are paid partly on commission. Technical and industrial sales is common in manufacturing regions like Berks and the Lehigh Valley.

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Telemarketers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.