High paying sales jobs in Iowa with no experience

The best paid sales occupations in Iowa 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 Iowa run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Iowa.

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

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OccupationMedian, Iowa · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$66,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,960 – $124,59016,990
2Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$62,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $119,0606,530
3Insurance Sales Agents$60,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $126,8406,840
4Advertising Sales Agents$58,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $92,120900
5Parts Salespersons$46,670
No formal educational credential
$29,500 – $65,0003,810
6Counter and Rental Clerks$38,960
No formal educational credential
$31,820 – $58,4901,900
7Sales and Related Workers, All Other$35,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $58,720950
8Telemarketers$33,640
No formal educational credential
$28,190 – $39,5801,100
9Retail Salespersons$31,360
No formal educational credential
$25,220 – $45,90041,000
10Cashiers$28,970
No formal educational credential
$22,930 – $36,56041,450

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,760	$39,960 – $124,590	16,990
2	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,420	$35,700 – $119,060	6,530
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,140	$37,590 – $126,840	6,840
4	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,480	$30,250 – $92,120	900
5	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$46,670	$29,500 – $65,000	3,810
6	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,960	$31,820 – $58,490	1,900
7	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,250	$27,480 – $58,720	950
8	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$33,640	$28,190 – $39,580	1,100
9	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$31,360	$25,220 – $45,900	41,000
10	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,970	$22,930 – $36,560	41,450

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