High paying sales jobs in North Dakota with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in North Dakota 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 North Dakota run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a North Dakota salary is worth about 1.12× 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 North Dakota.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Dakota · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$79,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,120 – $136,430310
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$74,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,060 – $131,7504,180
3Insurance Sales Agents$71,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $161,1301,460
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$66,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $146,5201,620
5Advertising Sales Agents$50,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,180 – $94,440260
6Sales and Related Workers, All Other$49,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,280 – $108,300340
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$49,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $77,7902,640
8Parts Salespersons$48,600
No formal educational credential
$34,890 – $68,6401,610
9Travel Agents$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $75,440150
10Counter and Rental Clerks$44,620
No formal educational credential
$28,690 – $73,6801,460
11Retail Salespersons$36,040
No formal educational credential
$28,140 – $49,82011,320
12Cashiers$31,460
No formal educational credential
$27,870 – $37,3309,510

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Dakota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,060	$41,120 – $136,430	310
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,250	$45,060 – $131,750	4,180
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,220	$46,770 – $161,130	1,460
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,060	$34,980 – $146,520	1,620
5	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,110	$32,180 – $94,440	260
6	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,810	$29,280 – $108,300	340
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,350	$37,710 – $77,790	2,640
8	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$48,600	$34,890 – $68,640	1,610
9	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$34,920 – $75,440	150
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$44,620	$28,690 – $73,680	1,460
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,040	$28,140 – $49,820	11,320
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$31,460	$27,870 – $37,330	9,510

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