First Sales Call. Salary: $25,000 or less

This is a whole lot scarier than you thought it was going to be. It's your first sales call and you're still driving your beat up old junker from college. You're terrified the client will see that and think you're carting moonshine around.

Junior Sales Rep. Salary: $38,000

You have a few regular clients and you're trying to build a larger base. It's hard out here for you. Everywhere you turn these people already have wholesalers. You're still driving your junker, but at least you have more than one nice shirt. Oh great, there's a stain.

Sales Rep. Salary: $44,000

You're finally doing okay. You're leasing a new car, which is probably a bad idea considering how much you have to drive. You have a list of clients who get Christmas cards. What you don't have is your own apartment.

Senior Sales Rep. Salary: $56,000

So, this is making it? Sure, you're doing well. You've been in the business for a couple years now. You have a commanding knowledge of liquor and if someone has a liquor license in your city, they've probably heard your name.

Top Guy. Salary $80,000

No more working for anyone else. You have your own distribution company, your own warehouse, and now your own minions. Your city takes its taste cues from you. You can make whatever liquor you want popular. Don't get drunk with power. Or anything else, really. Bad for business (source).