Parts Salespersons build persuasion, service orientation and social perceptiveness 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 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (82%).
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 | Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 82% | $45,260 | +17% | None |
| 2 | Order Clerks | 81% | $46,170 | +20% | None |
| 3 | Stockers and Order Fillers | 79% | $37,330 | −3% | None |
| 4 | Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 78% | $41,380 | +7% | None |
| 5 | Postal Service Clerks | 74% | $62,130 | +61% | None |
| 6 | First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers | 73% | $63,820 | +65% | None |
| 7 | Office Clerks, General | 72% | $45,010 | +17% | None |
| 8 | Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 72% | $50,340 | +30% | None |
| 9 | Tellers | 72% | $43,030 | +11% | None |
| 10 | Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 71% | $38,630 | 0% | None |
Compared with Parts Salespersons, median $38,630. 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 parts salespersons (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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82% skill match · $45,260 · +17% pay
Management of Financial Resources · Technology Design
81% skill match · $46,170 · +20% pay
Operations Analysis
79% skill match · $37,330 · −3% pay
Management of Financial Resources · Programming
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (82% skill match, median $45,260), Order Clerks (81% skill match, median $46,170) and Stockers and Order Fillers (79% skill match, median $37,330), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 15 pay more than parts salespersons at the median. The biggest increases: Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage (+103%, $78,240), First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers (+65%, $63,820) and Postal Service Clerks (+61%, $62,130).
23 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.