Inside sales representatives sell products and services remotely rather than meeting customers face to face. They may work with incoming leads or reach out to potential customers themselves, depending on the company and its sales model. The role exists across industries from insurance to software, with representatives often developing specialized knowledge of what they sell. According to Built In data, U.S.-based inside sales representatives earn an average $54,000 base salary plus $29,000 in additional cash compensation.
Below are some of the most active employers in this space, looking to bring on charismatic dealmakers who know who to turn conversation into customers.
Top Companies Hiring Inside Sales Representatives
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Comcast
- Beyond Finance
- Achieve
- Dell Technologies
Top Companies Hiring Inside Sales Representatives
Industry: Business Services, Workplace Solutions
Inside sales representatives at Cintas sell workplace products and services including uniforms, facility supplies, first-aid products and safety equipment to business customers while managing sales opportunities remotely. The company’s broad portfolio gives reps a lot to work with as their customers' needs grow beyond workwear.
Industry: Networking, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Technology
Cisco’s routers move 80 percent of global internet traffic, underpinning much of the infrastructure companies rely on to stay connected. Its inside sales representatives work with those businesses to modernize their tech stacks, selling hardware such as Catalyst switches and Meraki platforms alongside cloud tools like Webex collaboration software and Splunk cybersecurity products.
Industry: Biotechnology Software, SaaS
Benchling builds cloud-based software for life sciences research and development that brings lab workflows and scientific data into one platform. Used by more than 200,000 scientists across thousands of universities, Benchling’s inside sales representatives sell to biotech and pharmaceutical companies seeking to modernize how they manage experiments, organize scientific data and standardize lab processes.
Industry: Financial Services, Fintech
Beyond Finance helps its clients manage unsecured debt through relief programs and consolidation loans, with options based on their income, expenses and outstanding balances. The company’s inside sales team works with people who have already expressed interest in reviewing their financial circumstances to pursue debt-consolidation options.
Industry: Insurance, Financial Services
With more than a century of experience in the industry, Liberty Mutual Insurance sells personal insurance products including auto, home and renters coverage, with its inside sales division focused on direct-to-consumer sales. These representatives work from warm leads rather than cold calls, discussing customers’ coverage needs and helping them select and purchase policies.
Industry: HR Technology, Payroll Software
Boasting more than a million clients across 140 countries, ADP provides payroll, human resources, benefits administration and workforce-management software for businesses. There, inside sales representatives conduct virtual demonstrations and outbound calls to sell cloud solutions directly to small business owners and HR leaders.
Industry: Telecommunications, Media
Comcast provides broadband, mobile, television and other connectivity services through its Xfinity brand. Its inside sales reps share their recommendations to customers regarding internet, cellular and entertainment packages, while explaining pricing and promotions and closing new or upgraded service.
Industry: Enterprise Technology, IT Infrastructure
Dell Technologies manufactures nearly a third of the world’s enterprise server hardware. The tech giant sells PCs, servers, storage and networking equipment alongside IT services for businesses and individuals alike. Is sales team guides customers through product purchases, with its portfolio increasingly extending into AI infrastructure.
Industry: Life Sciences, Laboratory Technology
Thermo Fisher Scientific supplies laboratories with the equipment and materials they need for research and clinical work, from scientific instruments to reagents and lab consumables. Its inside sales representative roles are focused on selling these products through virtual and digital channels for customers in academic, biotech, pharmaceutical, clinical and industrial markets.
Industry: Consumer Fintech, Financial Services
Achieve provides digital personal finance products that help its clients manage debt and borrow money through personal loans, debt relief and home equity loans. Its inside sales reps work with prospective customers to explain which option fits their situation best and help them through the application process.
