# Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers

> Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/door-to-door-sales-workers-news-and-street-vendors-and-related-workers
- SOC code: 41-9091.00
- Career family: Sales
- Median annual pay: $41,380 (10th percentile $32,010, 90th percentile $51,470)
- Projected growth: Decline, -10.4%
- Openings a year: 4,800
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code ECR)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 43 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 17 |
| Social (S) | 30 |
| Enterprising (E) | 75 |
| Conventional (C) | 62 |

## What you'd do

- Selling or Influencing Others (importance 90/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 87/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 82/100)
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization (importance 71/100)
- Getting Information (importance 68/100)
- Coaching and Developing Others (importance 66/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 66/100)
- Developing and Building Teams (importance 64/100)
- Working with Computers (importance 63/100)
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates (importance 60/100)

## Skills

Persuasion, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Coordination, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, Sales and Marketing, English Language, Administrative, Administration and Management, Education and Training, Personnel and Human Resources, Psychology, Communications and Media, Computers and Electronics

## Also called

Balloon Seller, Beauty Consultant, Beauty Counselor, Book Agent, Book Canvasser, Book Solicitor, Bumboater, Candy Butcher, Candy Vendor, Canvasser

## Related careers

- [Retail Salespersons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/retail-salespersons): $35,410 median pay
- [Counter and Rental Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerks): $41,300 median pay
- [Demonstrators and Product Promoters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/demonstrators-and-product-promoters): $39,320 median pay
- [Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/sales-representatives-wholesale-and-manufacturing-except-technical-and-scientific-products): $72,080 median pay
- [Cashiers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cashiers): $32,880 median pay
- [Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/wholesale-and-retail-buyers-except-farm-products): $77,710 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.