They may help customers get a loan to purchase a car. Automobile salespeople also may sell automotive leasing services. Automobile Salespeople is a specialty of Retail Salespeople. For more information, see the Retail Salespeople occupation. Automobile Salespeople is in the Marketing, Sales, and Promotion Career Cluster.
Wages vary with training, experience, and location.
Entry level wages may be lower. There were 87,010 people employed in retail sales occupations that included automobile salespeople in Indiana in 1996. It is estimated that between 1990 and 2005, about 3,129 jobs per year will need to be filled in this area. This number includes new jobs and jobs resulting from the replacement of current workers. This occupation should grow faster than the average for other occupations in Indiana.