High paying sales jobs in Rhode Island with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Rhode Island salary is worth about 0.98× 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 Rhode Island.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rhode Island · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$85,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,530 – $158,090350
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$82,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $190,1404,870
3Insurance Sales Agents$79,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,100 – $169,0901,700
4Travel Agents$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $79,990250
5First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$58,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $84,0203,880
6Advertising Sales Agents$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,470 – $104,550340
7Counter and Rental Clerks$46,360
No formal educational credential
$35,270 – $64,900840
8Parts Salespersons$36,450
No formal educational credential
$31,580 – $60,800920
9Retail Salespersons$34,860
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,06012,830
10Cashiers$34,860
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,4209,260

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

#	Occupation	MedianRhode Island	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,420	$60,530 – $158,090	350
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,420	$44,550 – $190,140	4,870
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,930	$48,100 – $169,090	1,700
4	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$40,370 – $79,990	250
5	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,570	$36,950 – $84,020	3,880
6	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$39,470 – $104,550	340
7	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$46,360	$35,270 – $64,900	840
8	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,450	$31,580 – $60,800	920
9	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$34,860	$31,200 – $47,060	12,830
10	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$34,860	$31,200 – $47,420	9,260

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