Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Marketing, Sales and ServiceO*NET 41-9091.00United States
Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
- Median annual earnings
- $31,827
- Projected change
- −25.9%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 25.74K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
100% of the workforce
Growing to 19.07K by 2035
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The work
What door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.
- Develop prospect lists.
- Deliver merchandise and collect payment.
- Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.
- Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.
- Answer questions about product features and benefits.
- Circulate among potential customers or travel by foot, truck, automobile, or bicycle to deliver or sell merchandise or services.
- Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services.
- Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services.
- Order or purchase supplies.
- Set up and display sample merchandise at parties or stands.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $7,373
- 25th percentile
- $17,323
- 50th percentile
- $31,827
- 75th percentile
- $63,440
- 90th percentile
- $138,883
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $31,827 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−25.9%projected to decline
202525,744 jobs
2035 projected19,068 jobs
6,676 fewer positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 100%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
In the market
Job titles and employers
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- 16Neighborhood Managers155 postings
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Top employers
- 01Spectrum1,602 postings
- 02Best Choice Roofing538 postings
- 03Andersen Windows477 postings
- 04DaBella446 postings
- 05Terraboost Media368 postings
- 06Emergent Financial Group347 postings
- 07Premier Roofing Company307 postings
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- 09Erie Co Home261 postings
- 10Great Day Improvements252 postings
- 11Flagstone Roofing And Exteriors251 postings
- 12Statewide Windows & Doors221 postings
- 13The Outreach Team201 postings
- 14TruGreen196 postings
- 15Ali Syed184 postings
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