Parts salesperson

Pay

Getting in

Typical entry education

No formal educational credential

On-the-job training

Moderate-term on-the-job training

Prior experience

None

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What the work is like

Core tasks

• Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
• Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
• Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
• Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
• Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.
• Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
• Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices.
• Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions.

Also called: Parts Advisor · Parts Consultant · Parts Counter Salesperson · Parts Counterman · Parts Counterperson · Parts Person · Parts Salesman · Parts Salesperson

Outlook and AI

Parts salespersons held 273,300 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 281,600 by 2035 (+3%, about as fast as average; all jobs: +3.5%).

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