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.
The median annual salary for a sales representative was $55,730 in 2015, according to the BLS. The best-paid 10 percent made roughly $118,000, while the lowest-paid earned approximately $26,830. Top-paying metropolitan areas for this occupation include Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; and Haverhill, Massachusetts.