Industrial and Distribution Sales Jobs

The open industrial and distribution sales roles carry 1,252 separate posted pay ranges. The middle of that market is $60k–$190k/yr and its median $89.8k/yr, each figure the range a posting states, base or OTE as it labels it. The richest posting tops out at $700k/yr, at C.H. Robinson. 1,225 of the 2,938 leave pay out, which usually means the number comes up at the recruiter screen.

For sales engineer seats, usually: a degree in engineering or years in the trade. Most outside, inside and counter seats hire from other sales jobs and from the trades and teach the product line, and trainee programs (Johnson Controls' technical sales trainees, United Rentals' sales development program) take graduates. The years and degrees today's open roles name are counted on this page. Counting the requirement lines of 195 open industrial and distribution sales roles, 2 a master's or an MBA, 77 a bachelor's or some degree and 116 mention no degree at all.

Most seats are outside sales in a territory: calling on contractors, plants, farms and facility managers to sell equipment, supplies and service, or to rent machines to their sites. Distributors add inside and counter seats that quote and take orders from the same customers by phone and at the branch, and manufacturers add technical sales engineers who size systems and write the proposals. On 2 November 2026 United Rentals, Johnson Controls, Graybar, Syngenta and Renuity had the most open US roles here, and outside sales representative was the most common title.

Each one is read from the employer's own careers system (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and the like), and Apply takes you to that company's application. Apex, Renewal by Andersen, Muon Space and Steelcase are among the employers on this page. A real employer never charges you for training, a starter kit or a background check; the scam checker lists the other warning signs of a fake offer.