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Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$104,920

United States, 2025

Employment

284,800

United States, 2025

Typical education

Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Contact new or existing customers to determine their solar equipment needs, suggest systems or equipment, or estimate costs.

O*NET code
41-4011.07
Job zone
3
Experience required
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

Typical tasks

  • Prepare proposals, quotes, contracts, or presentations for potential solar customers.
  • Select solar energy products, systems, or services for customers based on electrical energy requirements, site conditions, price, or other factors.
  • Provide customers with information, such as quotes, orders, sales, shipping, warranties, credit, funding options, incentives, or tax rebates.
  • Gather information from prospective customers to identify their solar energy needs.
  • Calculate potential solar resources or solar array production for a particular site considering issues such as climate, shading, and roof orientation.
  • Generate solar energy customer leads to develop new accounts.
  • Provide technical information about solar power, solar systems, equipment, and services to potential customers or dealers.
  • Assess sites to determine suitability for solar equipment, using equipment such as tape measures, compasses, and computer software.

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Salary analysis — United States

$52,600
10th
$75,030
25th
$104,920
Median
$158,160
75th
$200,440
90th

10th percentile

$52,600

25th percentile

$75,030

75th percentile

$158,160

90th percentile

$200,440

Most important skills

  • Speaking4.0
  • Service Orientation3.6
  • Reading Comprehension3.6
  • Persuasion3.6
  • Active Listening3.5
  • Social Perceptiveness3.5
  • Critical Thinking3.5
  • Negotiation3.3
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.1
  • Writing3.1
  • Active Learning3.1
  • Complex Problem Solving3.1

What skills do you need?

Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 14 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

14

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Speaking4.04.0Not selected4.0
Persuasion3.63.9Not selected3.9
Service Orientation3.63.8Not selected3.8
Active Listening3.53.8Not selected3.8
Reading Comprehension3.63.6Not selected3.6
Critical Thinking3.53.6Not selected3.6
Negotiation3.33.6Not selected3.6
Social Perceptiveness3.53.1Not selected3.1
Complex Problem Solving3.13.1Not selected3.1
Judgment and Decision Making3.13.0Not selected3.0
Writing3.13.0Not selected3.0
Active Learning3.13.0Not selected3.0
Monitoring3.03.1Not selected3.1
Coordination3.03.1Not selected3.1

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$167,6302,7902025
Shreveport, LA$163,3203502025
Rochester, MN$160,9601502025
Sebastian, FL$158,750302025
Topeka, KS$157,7601902025
Spartanburg, SC$138,7502102025
Greeley, CO$137,840602025
Boulder, CO$136,1803002025
Denver, CO$136,1003,1102025
CO$135,0004,1502025
New York, NY$133,6907,8002025
Jackson, MI$133,680802025
Ann Arbor, MI$133,5504402025
Charleston, SC$132,7907302025
Colorado Springs, CO$132,5301502025
Santa Rosa, CA$131,890902025
Santa Cruz, CA$131,520502025
Augusta, GA$131,3801302025
NJ$131,3605,6002025
Durham, NC$131,1201,9202025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.