Is a General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations degree worth it?
Across 24 schools, graduates of General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations earn a median $73,602 five years out on $21,500 of debt — most often working as Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$73,602
Median debt
$21,500
Years to pay off
3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
56%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
0%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
11.7%
$81,744 vs $72,206
Net price
$18,937/yr
Debt-test failures
5.9%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$10,521
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.