Best Sale programs in California, ranked by enrollment
All sales and related workers not listed.
4 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 104 people a year. The job pays a median of $52,810 in California across about 28,480 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in California that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in California that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in California (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own California page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.1804In California → | 104 | 100.0% | 4 | $50,281 | $24,250 |
Top 4 schools in California
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 4 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 56 | Selling Skills and Sales Operations | — | 36% | — | — |
| 2 | Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 33 | Selling Skills and Sales Operations | — | 37% | — | — |
| 3 | Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Selling Skills and Sales Operations | — | 26% | — | — |
| 4 | Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Selling Skills and Sales Operations | — | 48% | — | — |
All 4 schools in California
Every school in California with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica College | Santa Monica | Public | 56 | 1 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa | Public | 33 | 1 |
| Allan Hancock College | Santa Maria | Public | 12 | 1 |
| Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa | Public | 3 | 1 |
What sales and related workers, all other earn in California
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $48,280. California pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: California employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in California
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Sales and Related Workers, All Other page.
How to become a Sale
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 4 majors mapped to Sales and Related Workers, All Other4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 52.1803Retailing and Retail Operations
- 52.1804Selling Skills and Sales Operations
- 52.1901Auctioneering
- 52.1909Special Products Marketing Operations
Common questions
Answers for people weighing sales and related workers, all other programs in California.
What degree do you need to become a Sale?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Selling Skills and Sales Operations, which awarded 104 degrees in California in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Sale?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are General Sales. Together they graduate about 104 people a year in California.
How much do sales and related workers, all other earn in California?+
The median is $52,810 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.4% above the U.S. median of $48,280. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for sales and related workers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +3.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 16,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+
4 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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