Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations programs in California
22 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in California
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in California earn a median of $76,490 a year across 134,800 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in California |
|---|---|---|
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $94,700 | 119,070 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $54,870 | 109,180 |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $79,730 | 55,860 |
| Marketing Managers | $193,620 | 54,660 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $52,810 | 28,480 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Art University San Francisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Butte College Oroville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Cypress College Cypress | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Cypress College Cypress | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Irvine Valley College Irvine | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Los Medanos College Pittsburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Los Medanos College Pittsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| MiraCosta College Oceanside | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Saddleback College Mission Viejo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Saddleback College Mission Viejo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Skyline College San Bruno | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| West Los Angeles College Culver City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| West Los Angeles College Culver City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.