Top Sales Jobs:
Start with a Good
Income Advantage.
Top sales jobs are defined by many as how much does it pay. That is an excellent starting question. You want to know the money answer to before you select a specific sales industry. Since Phoenix has such a strong retail sales economy lets examine the different pay levels in the various major retail sales positions. It is nearly impossible to get accurate facts on top sales jobs pay by looking at employer help wanted ads in the classifieds. The reason for this is they usually are not very objective. They want to sell you on working for them and many tend to exaggerate.
Show Me the Real Money I wanted to find for you factual -- no exaggeration -- statistics you can rely on to identify top sales jobs. So I decided to go to the US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics for retail salespersons earnings. This gives you the various income earnings in the different industries. They report the pay in terms of median hourly earnings. Median is the average which gives you a good picture of reality. According to their May 2004 statistics the median hourly earnings in the industries employing the largest number of retail salespersons are as follows: Sales Industry========================Median Hourly Pay
Automobile dealers
...............$18.61
(Domestic & Imports)
Building material and supplies dealers
.........$10.85
(From the big chains to local guys
)
Department stores
..............$ 8.47
(From the large discounters to the upscale stores
)
Other general merchandise stores
..........$ 8.36
(sporting goods, auto parts, miscellaneous stores
)
Clothing stores
.................$ 8.17
(Men, Women, & children clothing stores,
)
As you can see there is a pretty big range, from the highest to the lowest in these industry pay numbers. It is also important to note that within each of these industries there are very good employers, there are very poor employers, and there are very average employers. If you want a top sales job, once you select an industry then you want to find the very best employers in that industry.
Beyond the MoneyBeyond pay important factors to consider are advancement opportunities, company financial strength and growth, work environment, benefits package, and training to help insure your success. It is not difficult to identify the top sales jobs once you know what youre looking for using the right tips.
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