Parts Salespersons Career, Salary and Skills
Parts Salespersons have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $38,630 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 270,070. Wage data is published for 444 locations.
Occupation description
Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.
O*NET code
41-2022.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$38,630
Hourly median
$18.57
Employment
270,070
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.38 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Persuasion | 3.75 | 3.25 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.12 |
| Service Orientation | 3.62 | 3.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.38 | 2.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Writing | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.00 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
- Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
- Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
- Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.
- Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
- Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices.
- Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions.
- Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
Technology
- Adobe Acrobat
- Customer information databases
- Inventory control system software
- Inventory management systems
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- SAP software
- SmugMug Flickr
- Web browser software
Parts Salespersons salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Parts Salespersons Salary in CAMedian $44,440 · Employment 26,990
- Parts Salespersons Salary in TXMedian $35,440 · Employment 25,500
- Parts Salespersons Salary in FLMedian $37,190 · Employment 16,200
- Parts Salespersons Salary in NCMedian $32,480 · Employment 11,460
- Parts Salespersons Salary in OHMedian $36,790 · Employment 10,580
- Parts Salespersons Salary in PAMedian $38,520 · Employment 10,430
- Parts Salespersons Salary in GAMedian $36,970 · Employment 9,760
- Parts Salespersons Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $41,600 · Employment 8,690
- Parts Salespersons Salary in ILMedian $42,240 · Employment 8,500
- Parts Salespersons Salary in MIMedian $44,070 · Employment 7,520
- Parts Salespersons Salary in NYMedian $45,180 · Employment 7,460
- Parts Salespersons Salary in VAMedian $38,070 · Employment 7,370
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.