Selling water treatment chemicals — boiler, cooling tower, RO membrane, wastewater treatments — to industrial, commercial, and municipal water operators. The work blends sales with field service (testing, dosing recommendations) and customers who care about regulatory compliance.
Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Representative pay typically runs $66K–$146K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 2% through 2034.
As a Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Representative, you're selling chemicals used to treat water in industrial processes, cooling systems, boilers, and municipal water systems. Your customers are facility managers, water treatment professionals, and municipalities. You need technical knowledge of water chemistry and treatment processes.
Your day involves technical consultation and account management. You might visit an industrial customer to assess their water treatment needs, present treatment programs to a new prospect, coordinate with technical staff on product applications, and manage ongoing supply relationships. You need enough chemistry knowledge to discuss treatment programs credibly.
The hardest part is the technical depth required. Your customers often have water treatment expertise, and you need credibility to earn their business. You're competing on both technical program quality and price. The people who thrive here have genuine interest in chemistry and industrial processes, enjoy technical sales conversations, and can build long-term customer relationships.
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Selling water treatment chemicals — boiler, cooling tower, RO membrane, wastewater treatments — to industrial, commercial, and municipal water operators. The work blends sales with field service (testing, dosing recommendations) and customers who care about regulatory compliance.
Median pay for a Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Representative is about $100K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $49K to $195K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Persuasion, Active Listening, Negotiation, and Social Perceptiveness.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 1.9% through 2034, with roughly 293,930 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Junior Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Representative, Engineering Supplies Sales Representative, and Sales Engineer.
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