United States · BLS May 2025

How much does a services sales representative make?

Also called sales rep. BLS records this occupation as Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel” (SOC 41-3091).

A services sales representative in the United States earns a median of $69,990 a year ($33.65 an hour). Figure from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey. The survey counted 1,256,010 of these jobs in the United States in May 2025.

Median pay · the United States

$69,990A year, or $34 an hour.
Jobs counted1,256,010Wage and salary jobs
What sales representatives of services earn in the United States, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentile1 in 10 earn less$37,980$18
25th percentile$47,670$23
MedianHalf earn more, half less$69,990$34
75th percentile$100,480$48
90th percentile1 in 10 earn more$148,840$72
MeanAll pay divided by all jobs$82,430$40

Wage survey · BLS May 2025

How we got this
  1. Median wage in the United StatesBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$69,990
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$33.65
  3. Jobs countedWage and salary jobs; the self-employed are not surveyed.1,256,010
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
Technical details

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Which state pays services sales representatives the most?

New York pays a median of $92,190, Mississippi $48,440. That is a gap of $43,750 before either state's taxes or prices are counted.

  • New York. See take-home and local prices in New York →
  • The nominal figure is not the comparison. A higher salary in an expensive state can leave less than a lower one somewhere cheap. Each state page adjusts for tax and price level.

Common questions

Services Sales Representative pay in the United States, answered

How much does a services sales representative make?

The median wage for services sales representatives in the United States is $69,990 a year, or $33.65 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the average services sales representative salary?

BLS’s mean (average) wage for services sales representatives in the United States is $82,430 a year. The median is $69,990.

The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.

What is the hourly pay for a services sales representative?

The median hourly wage is $33.65. At a full-time year that lines up with about $69,990 a year.

BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.

What is the starting salary for a services sales representative?

BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in the United States, the lowest-paid 10% of services sales representatives earn under $37,980 a year and a quarter earn under $47,670 ($18.26 and $22.92 an hour).

New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.

What is the salary range for a services sales representative?

The overall salary range for services sales representatives in the United States spans from $37,980 for the bottom 10% to $148,840 for top earners.

The middle 50% earn between $47,670 and $100,480 a year, with the overall median at $69,990.

What do the highest-paid services sales representatives earn?

The top tenth earn $148,840 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $37,980.

Experience, specialty, employer and the part of the United States someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many services sales representatives are there in the United States?

The survey counted 1,256,010 of these jobs in the United States for May 2025.

It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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