High paying sales jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL
Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.
Cost of living: prices in St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.
Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.
Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024
Bachelor's degree
$51,990 – $173,0402,170High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $162,2001,320Bachelor's degree
$48,560 – $178,9505,230- 4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $128,29010,710 High school diploma or equivalent
$43,370 – $154,720770High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $120,890650High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $132,6603,320- 8Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$60,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $124,8007,750 High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $75,9508,710High school diploma or equivalent
$33,970 – $76,500440High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $113,010740No formal educational credential
$29,030 – $59,7302,110No formal educational credential
$31,190 – $64,0002,400No formal educational credential
$29,670 – $47,49029,750No formal educational credential
$29,630 – $44,31031,130No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $35,9501,210
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree | $94,840 | $51,990 – $173,040 | 2,170 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $85,490 | $49,210 – $162,200 | 1,320 |
| 3 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree | $79,300 | $48,560 – $178,950 | 5,230 |
| 4 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $64,590 | $36,970 – $128,290 | 10,710 |
| 5 | Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $64,070 | $43,370 – $154,720 | 770 |
| 6 | Real Estate BrokersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $63,210 | $44,200 – $120,890 | 650 |
| 7 | Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $62,080 | $38,770 – $132,660 | 3,320 |
| 8 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent | $60,860 | $35,990 – $124,800 | 7,750 |
| 9 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,020 | $34,950 – $75,950 | 8,710 |
| 10 | Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $46,460 | $33,970 – $76,500 | 440 |
| 11 | Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $45,500 | $32,090 – $113,010 | 740 |
| 12 | Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $42,890 | $29,030 – $59,730 | 2,110 |
| 13 | Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential | $38,290 | $31,190 – $64,000 | 2,400 |
| 14 | Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential | $33,820 | $29,670 – $47,490 | 29,750 |
| 15 | CashiersNo formal educational credential | $32,380 | $29,630 – $44,310 | 31,130 |
| 16 | TelemarketersNo formal educational credential | $31,480 | $28,600 – $35,950 | 1,210 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.
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