High paying sales jobs in Massachusetts with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in Massachusetts that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Massachusetts.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$115,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,620 – $172,4805,490
2Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$83,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,030 – $162,33032,300
3Advertising Sales Agents$80,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,130 – $134,8201,480
4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,940 – $157,00022,700
5Insurance Sales Agents$79,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,620 – $163,3809,940
6First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$57,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,740 – $81,30020,240
7Travel Agents$56,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $80,5001,810
8Parts Salespersons$44,660
No formal educational credential
$35,880 – $74,9904,080
9Counter and Rental Clerks$44,070
No formal educational credential
$35,220 – $64,4108,220
10Retail Salespersons$36,610
No formal educational credential
$33,310 – $47,98086,860
11Cashiers$35,520
No formal educational credential
$32,180 – $44,02058,880

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$115,150	$62,620 – $172,480	5,490
2	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,760	$48,030 – $162,330	32,300
3	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,500	$45,130 – $134,820	1,480
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,810	$47,940 – $157,000	22,700
5	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,300	$57,620 – $163,380	9,940
6	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,490	$39,740 – $81,300	20,240
7	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,450	$35,520 – $80,500	1,810
8	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$44,660	$35,880 – $74,990	4,080
9	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$44,070	$35,220 – $64,410	8,220
10	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,610	$33,310 – $47,980	86,860
11	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$35,520	$32,180 – $44,020	58,880

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Massachusetts. 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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