Outside Sales Jobs in Boston, MA
9 active outside-sales roles across the Boston metro right now, with 3 new in the last 7 days. Median base $62k. Medical Device hiring most.
Boston outside-sales market.
The Boston market for outside sales reps is currently tight. Of the three active openings in our system right now, two are with a single employer, Datadog. This points to a highly selective environment where companies are hiring for very specific needs rather than building out large teams.
Who Is Hiring
The employers we see posting—like tech monitoring firm Datadog and industrial hygiene provider Ecolab—show the two primary tracks for field sales in this region.
Tech and software sales roles are common, driven by the concentration of headquarters and major regional offices inside Route 128. For a company like Datadog, the territory is less about geography and more about a list of named enterprise accounts. The job is to penetrate complex organizations headquartered in the Boston area.
The other track is industrial, medical, or business services sales. An Ecolab representative might cover a territory spanning Eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island or New Hampshire. This is a more traditional field sales role with higher mileage, managing a portfolio of accounts like hospitals, food service facilities, and manufacturing plants.
Territory and Compensation
Expect territory design to follow one of those two models. If you are selling enterprise SaaS, your travel will likely be concentrated within the metro area. If you are selling a physical product or a service to a broader commercial base, expect to spend significant time on the road covering multiple states in New England.
Compensation data in our current sample is sparse. The active postings show a base salary of $64,600. This figure comes from a small data set and should be viewed as a single data point, not a market-wide average. Nearly every outside sales position in Boston is structured as a base salary plus commission. The On-Target Earnings (OTE) is the more critical figure, but it is not consistently disclosed in initial job postings. Your focus during interviews should be on understanding the total OTE potential and the commission plan's mechanics.
Employers hiring most outside-sales reps in Boston.
Active-role counts updated hourly. Median base reflects disclosed comp on currently-open postings.
$62k median base across 2 disclosed-comp roles.
Computed from 2 active Boston postings that disclose a base-salary range. Variable pay typically adds 30–60% on top for established reps.
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