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Telemarketer resume

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Also called call center telemarketer, inbound telemarketer, outbound telemarketer and call agent.

$35,450
Median pay a year
58,430
People do this work
6
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Pay and headcount are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lines are written from what the US Department of Labor records about this work.

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Telemarketer

Summary

Telemarketer soliciting donations and orders for goods or services over the phone, contacting customers, explaining products, and maintaining records of interactions and sales

Experience

Telemarketer

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Contacted businesses and individuals by phone to sell goods or services and request donations
  • Obtained customer information like name, address, and payment method, and entered orders into computers
  • Explained products, services, and prices, and answered questions from customers
  • Recorded names, addresses, purchases, and reactions of prospects contacted during calls
  • Maintained records of contacts, accounts, and orders for future reference
  • Answered calls from potential customers who responded to advertisements
  • Delivered sales talks from scripts to persuade customers to buy products or make donations

Skills

Core Skills
Contacting customers, Monitoring market conditions, Developing sales presentation content, Explaining technical product information, Answering telephones, Delivering presentations, Answering customer questions
Checking & Planning
Identifying potential customers

Open to

On site, Remote

Education

  • High School Diploma
    Your school, Year

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  • Contacted potential customers to promote and sell products, explaining features and benefits
  • Answered customer inquiries and provided detailed product information to facilitate informed purchasing decisions

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Contacted several potential customers each hour to promote and sell products, explaining features and benefits

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Several each hourDozens every dayA few each shift

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Answered customer inquiries and provided detailed product information to facilitate informed purchasing decisions

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Fewer follow-up questions from customersMore customers made purchasesIncreased customer satisfaction ratings

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  • Contacting customers
  • Monitoring market conditions
  • Identifying potential customers
  • Developing sales presentation content
  • Explaining technical product information
  • Answering telephones
  • Delivering presentations
  • Answering customer questions

The work itself

What a Telemarketer does

The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.

Solicit donations or orders for goods or services over the telephone.

What it pays

How much does a Telemarketer make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile$29,640
Median$35,450
75th percentile$40,230

About 58,430 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AL$29,990$34,840$35,040
AR$28,780$29,060$29,210
AZ$32,160$37,750$43,940
CA$37,290$46,000$56,910
CO$39,730$47,670$62,920
CT$41,490$45,200$58,900
FL$27,660$35,570$36,400
GA$33,060$36,020$40,190
IA$29,070$33,640$37,850
ID$28,310$39,400$41,440
IL$31,200$31,200$49,740
IN$24,990$31,550$36,340
KS$24,620$48,010$50,330
KY$29,730$34,450$38,620
LA$26,820$28,910$30,890
MA$44,650$44,650$46,240
MD$32,930$35,590$46,650
ME$30,470$32,610$47,960
MI$30,580$33,040$34,610
MN$35,990$39,850$60,250
MO$29,120$29,840$33,640
MS$21,490$21,540$28,430
NC$29,870$34,380$41,790
ND$21,440$23,440$25,940
NE$28,990$31,200$51,510
NH$27,990$30,530$37,750
NJ$33,460$39,370$41,850
NV$25,860$34,290$36,190
NY$36,310$41,400$47,840
OH$29,030$35,290$37,540
OK$26,210$26,880$32,160
OR$37,390$42,060$46,860
PA$25,230$28,430$32,240
PR$21,840$28,580$28,580
SC$28,360$37,090$39,750
TN$22,490$29,470$37,730
TX$28,460$34,290$39,310
UT$33,770$36,610$38,250
VA$35,360$37,440$44,180
WA$35,630$39,670$40,060
WI$29,280$33,260$37,310
WV$29,820$33,370$34,040

Other names

Other names for this job

call center telemarketer, inbound telemarketer, outbound telemarketer, call agent, call center agent, call center operator, call center rep, call center representative, call center sales agent, contact center agent, direct sales agent, donation worker.

More names for this work

inbound call center agent, independent sales rep, independent sales representative, inside sales rep, inside sales representative, marketing processor, outbound sales agent, scheduling agent, solicitor, telemarketing rep, telemarketing representative, telemarketing sales rep, TSR, telemarketing sales representative, telephone sales agent, telephone sales representative, telephone service representative, telephone solicitor, telesales agent, telesales rep, telesales representative, telesales specialist.

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This page is about the occupation Telemarketers. 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. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.