re: Fresh out of college, no real-world experience, no specialized degree. Salary expectation?

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What industry?

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Insurance

See post about OP

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That's a bit different than 150

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My sales team has hired 2 people in the last 24 months. Management has been interviewing that entire time.

Again, sometimes our job offers go through a 3 month interview process and reject us.

This approach is cheaper than training someone for 3 to 4 months and it not working out.

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$50k is about average for my company straight out of college. You can make as much as you want though if you’re good. Performance based income is uncapped

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TH03

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Dude, wine and liquor salesman don’t start out with a $50k base. GTFO

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Been in the “world” probably longer than anyone in this thread has been alive, and have had a pretty good run, being “called out,” by someone that really doesn’t know what they are talking about isn’t beieng called out, just means you’ve all apparently have quite a bit to learn

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Go look at the post history, this s all he/she does. He's also extremely jealous of blue collar baws for some reason

$30K

In this case, absolutely

It all depends on your location and industry but the average is probably around $40-$50k with nice incentives.

I am the VP of Sales in my companies regional office and we start a new hire out at a salary of $50k and a possibility of a 20% April bonus if we reach budget. Prorated from when the month the new hire starts. They also are issued a new F150 truck through lease plan with a fuel card. They don’t pay for gas, insurance, or maintenance. They can use the truck for personal use but have to report their personal miles every month. A spouse(but only a spouse) is authorized to drive the vehicle. We have a good insurance plan portfolio for them to select from and we match 401k dollar for dollar up to 7% of their salary. They are also issued a T&E card with a limit of $2000 per month. This typically covers lunches, dinners, golf, sporting events. Any single expense over $1000 (hunting trips, fishing, etc) has to be Pre-Authorized by me.

But we have never hired a sales rep straight out of college. Our youngest reps are 24-26 age range and we usually have only one or two junior reps in that age range (out of 12.) Most of my people are in their 30s or 40s and I have one who is 62 and one who is 70. The Senior reps make $90-$120 in salary and are on the same 20% bonus plan. They just have a much bigger expense account because they have the relationships at the biggest accounts and get to do the good trips like taking customers to the British Open, hunting in Argentina, etc.. Heck, one of my reps and me just spent $10k on a weekend in SouthHampton to take 3 executives to the US Open.

Don’t get me wrong, there are much higher paying sales jobs out there. I know several guys who earn $500k or more a year. But if you are good and keep your head down and be patient, you can easily have a good career making $100+ with great incentives and maybe luck your way through networking into one of those $500k commission based jobs.

Geez. I’m in sales (not car, pharm or medical) and the salary numbers y’all are throwing around are very low. When I was entry level I was making $60-$70 with incentives earned.

The only thing I will say is that “you get what you pay for”. I’ve talked to some guys looking to hire and they mention the same problem you all are discussing. One time, I pointed to their guy and said you pay him $70,000/yr and you get very minimal out of him. Imagine where your company could be if you came off another $20,000/yr and got someone truly motivated to help your business grow. I know sales guys that turned out to be so valuable to their company that they now are partial owners.