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Parts Salespersons

Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.

Also called: Parts Advisor, Parts Consultant, Parts Counter Salesperson, Parts Counterman, Parts Counterperson, Parts Person

Compare with my current job (Counter and Rental Clerks)
Median pay in Greater Boston
$46,370
$22.30/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
2,680
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+3.6%
500 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
No formal educational credential
plus Moderate-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$37,240$38,330$46,370$60,060$77,300

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
  • Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
  • Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
  • Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
  • Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.
  • Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure49 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 43
  • Language-model AIOE 48
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 56

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for parts salespersons is moderate, but observed AI use is little or none so far. AI tools could help with looking up parts, taking orders, and tracking inventory. Working through customer problems and finding and handling parts still rely on people who know the products.

Likely to change

  • Looking up parts and filling orders
  • Tracking inventory and placing stock orders

Still relies on people

  • Solving customer problems about parts
  • Finding and handling parts by hand

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

1 program near Boston

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