Online Merchants build persuasion, service orientation and judgment and decision making skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Sales Managers (89%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Managers | 89% | $148,270 | — | None |
| 2 | Marketing Managers | 88% | $166,790 | — | None |
| 3 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 88% | $78,660 | — | None |
| 4 | Advertising Sales Agents | 85% | $64,820 | — | None |
| 5 | Purchasing Managers | 85% | $148,080 | — | None |
| 6 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | 85% | $133,660 | — | None |
| 7 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 83% | $104,920 | — | None |
| 8 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 80% | $72,080 | — | None |
| 9 | Brokerage Clerks | 80% | $65,750 | — | None |
| 10 | Fundraising Managers | 79% | $125,470 | — | None |
Compared with Online Merchants, median —. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as online merchants (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
89% skill match · $148,270
Instructing · Management of Personnel Resources · Systems Analysis
88% skill match · $166,790
Systems Evaluation · Operations Analysis · Complex Problem Solving
88% skill match · $78,660
Instructing · Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Sales Managers (89% skill match, median $148,270), Marketing Managers (88% skill match, median $166,790) and Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (88% skill match, median $78,660), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than online merchants at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.