High paying sales jobs in Montana with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in Montana 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 Montana run 5.4% below the national average (2024), so a Montana salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Montana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Montana · Employed

1Real Estate Sales Agents$79,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,010 – $194,630370
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$77,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,150 – $128,850660
3Real Estate Brokers$63,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,730 – $123,780400
4Insurance Sales Agents$62,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,260 – $120,4302,090
5Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $107,8003,510
6Travel Agents$61,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $88,230200
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$58,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $116,4001,730
8First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$49,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $77,3205,830
9Sales and Related Workers, All Other$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $152,010390
10Advertising Sales Agents$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,730 – $84,270240
11Parts Salespersons$45,060
No formal educational credential
$29,210 – $58,9601,860
12Counter and Rental Clerks$43,900
No formal educational credential
$33,520 – $60,3101,490
13Retail Salespersons$36,270
No formal educational credential
$28,620 – $48,68013,490
14Cashiers$34,190
No formal educational credential
$23,900 – $41,59012,170
15Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers$27,910
No formal educational credential
$22,460 – $35,830290

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,100	$49,010 – $194,630	370
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,030	$50,150 – $128,850	660
3	Real Estate BrokersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,240	$24,730 – $123,780	400
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,040	$42,260 – $120,430	2,090
5	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,670	$39,060 – $107,800	3,510
6	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,330	$30,230 – $88,230	200
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,720	$37,130 – $116,400	1,730
8	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,300	$35,360 – $77,320	5,830
9	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$34,510 – $152,010	390
10	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$28,730 – $84,270	240
11	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$45,060	$29,210 – $58,960	1,860
12	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$43,900	$33,520 – $60,310	1,490
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,270	$28,620 – $48,680	13,490
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$34,190	$23,900 – $41,590	12,170
15	Gambling Change Persons and Booth CashiersNo formal educational credential	$27,910	$22,460 – $35,830	290

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