High paying sales jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL with no experience

The best paid sales occupations in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$73,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,800 – $130,4901,580
2Insurance Sales Agents$57,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,610 – $162,200450
3Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$57,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $109,0101,100
4Advertising Sales Agents$54,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $97,24060
5Real Estate Sales Agents$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $102,02080
6Parts Salespersons$44,480
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $61,020380
7Counter and Rental Clerks$40,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $61,300270
8Telemarketers$36,850
No formal educational credential
$27,780 – $55,80090
9Retail Salespersons$32,030
No formal educational credential
$28,000 – $46,2804,760
10Cashiers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$27,950 – $36,8204,250
11Sales and Related Workers, All Other$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,350 – $46,450120

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

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,480	$41,800 – $130,490	1,580
2	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,700	$20,610 – $162,200	450
3	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,250	$36,290 – $109,010	1,100
4	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,180	$31,200 – $97,240	60
5	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$31,200 – $102,020	80
6	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$44,480	$31,200 – $61,020	380
7	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$40,200	$31,200 – $61,300	270
8	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$36,850	$27,780 – $55,800	90
9	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$32,030	$28,000 – $46,280	4,760
10	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$27,950 – $36,820	4,250
11	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$30,350 – $46,450	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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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