High paying sales jobs in Missouri with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in Missouri 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri salary is worth about 1.10× 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 Missouri.

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

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$79,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,570 – $160,4602,910
2Real Estate Brokers$62,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,590 – $111,0701,980
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $125,28021,960
4Advertising Sales Agents$61,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $128,3001,640
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $122,83014,100
6Insurance Sales Agents$58,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $127,15010,030
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $73,59019,160
8Travel Agents$45,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $64,7601,500
9Real Estate Sales Agents$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $104,7701,590
10Parts Salespersons$39,740
No formal educational credential
$29,190 – $58,8205,330
11Counter and Rental Clerks$37,920
No formal educational credential
$29,580 – $63,5404,880
12Sales and Related Workers, All Other$34,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $86,3101,390
13Retail Salespersons$33,460
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $46,61067,140
14Cashiers$30,520
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $37,64069,430
15Telemarketers$29,840
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $37,1202,710

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,440	$47,570 – $160,460	2,910
2	Real Estate BrokersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,280	$31,590 – $111,070	1,980
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,940	$35,110 – $125,280	21,960
4	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,440	$37,020 – $128,300	1,640
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$32,940 – $122,830	14,100
6	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,990	$31,200 – $127,150	10,030
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$33,300 – $73,590	19,160
8	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,460	$28,600 – $64,760	1,500
9	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$30,160 – $104,770	1,590
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$39,740	$29,190 – $58,820	5,330
11	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,920	$29,580 – $63,540	4,880
12	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,270	$28,690 – $86,310	1,390
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$33,460	$28,600 – $46,610	67,140
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$30,520	$28,600 – $37,640	69,430
15	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$29,840	$28,600 – $37,120	2,710

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