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Job Description


	Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post-secondary education.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

	Education: Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

	Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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Significant Points


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	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing

Employment opportunities will be best for those with a college degree, the appropriate knowledge or technical expertise, and the personal traits necessary for successful selling. Job prospects for wholesale sales representatives will be better than those for manufacturing sales representatives, particularly in small firms. Earnings of sales representatives usually are based on a combination of salary and commissions.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	61,200
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	59,770
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	53,330
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	28,480
Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	24,010
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	22,970
Software Publishers	9,600
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8,150
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	7,600
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	7,540

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Salaries

U.S. National Averages.

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
Average Annual Salary	$81,370
Average Hourly Wage	$39.12
Total Employment	406,140