Door-to-Door Sales Worker, News and Street Vendor, and Related Worker resume
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Also called cushion worker, fuller brush worker, kettle worker and door to door sales workers news and street vendors and related workers.
$41,380
Median pay a year
2,760
People do this work
6
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Selling products or services
Arranging delivery
Identifying potential customers
Stocking products or parts
Setting up merchandise displays
Explaining technical product information
Demonstrating products
Contacting customers
Distributing promotional materials
Answering customer questions
Taking product orders
Processing sales transactions
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Door-to-Door Sales Worker, News and Street Vendor, and Related Worker
Summary
Door-to-door sales worker selling goods and services by explaining products, showing how to use them, and sharing prices. Develops customer lists, records orders, arranges buying parties, and answers questions about products
Experience
Door-to-Door Sales Worker, News and Street Vendor, and Related Worker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Explained products and services, showed how to use them, and shared prices
Developed lists of potential customers to contact for sales
Wrote and recorded orders for merchandise or entered them into computers
Arranged buying parties and sought sponsors to sell merchandise
Answered questions about product features and benefits for customers
Distributed product samples or brochures that detailed products or services
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Explained products and pricesDelivered merchandise and collected paymentWrote and recorded ordersAnswered questions about productsPersuaded customers to buySet up and displayed merchandise
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Explained product features and pricing to customers, enhancing their understanding and interest in purchases.
Wrote and recorded customer orders accurately, ensuring efficient processing and delivery.
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Explained product features and pricing to customers, leading to more informed purchasing decisions.
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More customers made informed decisionsFewer questions about product detailsIncreased customer satisfaction with purchases
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Wrote and recorded customer orders accurately, ensuring efficient processing and delivery.
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Several orders each dayMost orders processed within minutesA few dozen orders weekly
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The work itself
What a Door-to-Door Sales Worker, News and Street Vendor, and Related Worker does
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Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
What it pays
How much does a Door-to-Door Sales Worker, News and Street Vendor, and Related Worker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$36,470
Median
$41,380
75th percentile
$47,390
About 2,760 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
CA
$35,090
$39,520
$46,050
CO
$35,990
$38,590
$45,380
CT
$37,210
$37,440
$39,520
IN
$25,980
$39,870
$44,100
KS
$17,190
$32,970
$42,880
MD
$32,180
$34,290
$36,470
MI
$35,520
$36,700
$36,720
MO
$46,040
$46,380
$82,270
NC
$37,370
$37,370
$39,830
NJ
$36,730
$44,370
$44,370
OH
$35,400
$36,210
$37,500
TX
$35,670
$46,040
$59,030
UT
$37,770
$38,990
$38,990
VA
$30,880
$32,320
$36,640
Other names
Other names for this job
cushion worker, fuller brush worker, kettle worker, door to door sales workers news and street vendors and related workers, balloon seller, beauty consultant, beauty counselor, book agent, book canvasser, book solicitor, bumboater, candy butcher.
More names for this work
candy vendor, canvasser, christmas bell ringer, chuck wagon driver, cigarette vendor, deliverer, direct sales coach, direct selling counselor, distributor, door to door sales rep, door to door sales representative, door to door sales trainer, door to door salesman, door to door selling agent, door to door selling distributor, fashion sales consultant, field canvasser, field marketer, fish peddler, fruit vendor, fuller brush man, fullerette, hawker, huckster, ice cream man, ice cream truck driver, ice cream vendor, independent beauty consultant, independent distributor, independent sales associate, independent sales representative, kettle girl, lei seller, lounge car attendant, lunch truck operator, lunch wagon operator, news agent, newspaper carrier, newspaper deliverer, newspaper peddler, newspaper subscription solicitor, newspaper vendor, newsstand vendor, paper carrier, paper deliverer, peanut vendor, peddler, pillow agent.
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Already yours: Identifying potential customers, Stocking products or parts
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$72,080 a year
What you have not done yet. Estimating sales costs, Negotiating prices and terms, Monitoring market conditions
This page is about the occupation Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.