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Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.

Also called: National Sales Executive, Sales Representative (Sales Rep)

Compare with my current job (First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors)
Median pay in Greater Boston
$83,420
$40.11/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
25,310
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+1.4%
3,230 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
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
$49,990$63,420$83,420$124,180$164,020

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

What you’d do

  • Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and provide ongoing support.
  • Answer customers' questions about services, prices, availability, or credit terms.
  • Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.
  • Create forms or agreements to complete sales.
  • Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.
  • Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.

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.

Higher exposure86 of 100

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

  • AIOE 87
  • Language-model AIOE 83
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 88

Observed AI use today: Not published (Anthropic Economic Index)

This job has higher AI exposure. Federal projections note that generative AI may let sales reps spend more time on direct selling. AI tools can help with proposals, forms, and agreements. Building trust, answering questions, and supporting clients after a sale still rely on people.

Likely to change

  • Drafting sales proposals and presentations
  • Creating forms and sales agreements

Still relies on people

  • Consulting with clients to solve problems
  • Building relationships with customers

What federal projections say

“Productivity change - share decreases as generative artificial intelligence (AI) is integrated into the sales process allowing sales representatives to focus on direct sales activity.”
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, factors affecting this job (U.S.)

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