What do telemarketers do? Telemarketers get a bad rap as the annoying sales people that call during the middle of your dinner. While they may interrupt your delicious Salisbury steak and mash occasionally, the largest portion of telemarketing is done during normal business hours directly to businesses.
With an average salary of $64,670, sales representatives generally earn a bit more than other business jobs, including insurance agents ($63,610) and real estate sales agents ($53,140).he average salary of a sales representative working in Rochester, New Hampshire is $89,650.
Compensation Package. A salesperson may be paid on strictly commission, a base salary and commission or a base salary, commission and a bonus. A 30 percent base and 70 percent commission is fairly typical according to the article Best Ways to Pay Your Sales Staff, published by BloombergBusinessWeek magazine.or example, the commission is 4 percent for sales up to $30,000 in a month, 5 percent for sales from $30,001 to $50,000 per month and 7 percent for sales $50,001 or more. Another alternative is for the percentage to be retroactive and apply to all sales once the higher sales level is reached.