High paying sales jobs in South Carolina with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in South Carolina 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 South Carolina run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a South Carolina salary is worth about 1.07× 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 South Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, South Carolina · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$77,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,630 – $141,2103,230
2Advertising Sales Agents$68,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,750 – $147,1101,770
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $142,37022,010
4Insurance Sales Agents$61,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $154,6508,220
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$58,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,280 – $126,68021,070
6Real Estate Sales Agents$56,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $189,5904,930
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,280 – $76,96019,390
8Counter and Rental Clerks$37,340
No formal educational credential
$25,730 – $54,4606,280
9Telemarketers$37,090
No formal educational credential
$21,600 – $44,9101,060
10Parts Salespersons$32,180
No formal educational credential
$23,660 – $53,5904,600
11Retail Salespersons$30,690
No formal educational credential
$22,330 – $45,51067,310
12Cashiers$28,530
No formal educational credential
$21,730 – $35,97056,550

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

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,130	$47,630 – $141,210	3,230
2	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,200	$25,750 – $147,110	1,770
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,250	$36,250 – $142,370	22,010
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,350	$35,140 – $154,650	8,220
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,510	$32,280 – $126,680	21,070
6	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,580	$36,530 – $189,590	4,930
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$29,280 – $76,960	19,390
8	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,340	$25,730 – $54,460	6,280
9	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$37,090	$21,600 – $44,910	1,060
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$32,180	$23,660 – $53,590	4,600
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$30,690	$22,330 – $45,510	67,310
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,530	$21,730 – $35,970	56,550

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