High paying sales jobs in Tennessee with no degree

The best paid sales occupations in Tennessee 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 Tennessee run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tennessee salary is worth about 1.09× 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 Tennessee.

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

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OccupationMedian, Tennessee · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$85,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,800 – $147,9004,510
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $128,13023,850
3Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$60,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,900 – $115,74021,600
4Insurance Sales Agents$57,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $122,0407,610
5Sales and Related Workers, All Other$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,040 – $100,7301,430
6First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $76,30026,470
7Real Estate Sales Agents$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $92,0102,360
8Advertising Sales Agents$40,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,200 – $82,9601,820
9Counter and Rental Clerks$37,960
No formal educational credential
$28,110 – $57,7607,640
10Parts Salespersons$36,110
No formal educational credential
$27,320 – $61,0606,250
11Retail Salespersons$31,950
No formal educational credential
$23,720 – $47,72087,380
12Telemarketers$29,470
No formal educational credential
$21,280 – $48,3402,210
13Cashiers$28,590
No formal educational credential
$21,410 – $35,78063,350

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

#	Occupation	MedianTennessee	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,980	$49,800 – $147,900	4,510
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,630	$34,350 – $128,130	23,850
3	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,230	$33,900 – $115,740	21,600
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,120	$37,130 – $122,040	7,610
5	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$20,040 – $100,730	1,430
6	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$28,520 – $76,300	26,470
7	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$32,160 – $92,010	2,360
8	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,910	$28,200 – $82,960	1,820
9	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,960	$28,110 – $57,760	7,640
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,110	$27,320 – $61,060	6,250
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$31,950	$23,720 – $47,720	87,380
12	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$29,470	$21,280 – $48,340	2,210
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,590	$21,410 – $35,780	63,350

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