Fiber sales jobs in Manhattan, KS
Published September 30, 2026
Short answer: KnockFiber has no partner sales team placing reps in Manhattan today. Apply anyway — we keep your application and reach out if a partner team opens Manhattan. The work is door-to-door fiber sales: 1099, commission only. Individual results vary and no earnings are guaranteed.
Manhattan at a glance
- Carrier
- Not named yet — fiber reach from the FCC's all-provider filing
- Opening
- Not placing yet — applications are kept on file
- Sales organization
- No partner team is placing here through KnockFiber today
- Recruiter
- KnockFiber — a recruiter, not the carrier and not an employer
- Contract
- 1099 independent contractor
- Pay structure
- Commission only, paid every two weeks on completed installs. No base pay and no quota. Individual results vary; no earnings are guaranteed.
- Market
- Manhattan (Riley and Pottawatomie counties)
- The county picture, all providers. In Riley County, KS, providers report fiber at 100/20 Mbps or better to about 73% of residential units and cable to about 83%; about 2% of units have no wired service at 25/3 Mbps, and about 3,642 cable-served units have no cable offer with 100 Mbps upload — the upload gap fiber sells against. (FCC Broadband Data Collection, December 2025 filing, county level — every network filed, not this program's build; availability is per address.)
Working Manhattan
Fiber reaches about 73% of homes in Riley County and about 97% in Pottawatomie County, Kansas (FCC filing, December 2025, all providers); Manhattan straddles both counties, and availability is per address.
Manhattan is a university town with a renter majority: the ACS estimates 56.5% of occupied homes are rented and only 48.2% of housing units are single-family detached, while 16.1% of units were built between 2010 and 2019 (ACS 2020-2024). A route here would separate the apartment blocks near Kansas State University and Aggieville, where building rules govern access, from the single-family streets of Northview, Grand Mere and Miller Ranch, and would pair naturally with Junction City, about 17 miles southwest in a straight line.
Manhattan counted 54,100 residents at the 2020 Census and 54,700 in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate, on about 20.4 square miles of land. The city's 2022 annual financial report lists Fort Riley, just outside the city, first among principal employers with 14,869 military and 5,145 civilian personnel, then Kansas State University with 5,100 employees, Manhattan schools (USD 383) with 1,895 and Via Christi Hospital with 750. Housing is 48.2% single-family detached, 56.5% of occupied homes are rented, and 16.1% of units were built between 2010 and 2019 (ACS 2020-2024). A university, an Army post and a school district run on semesters, duty schedules and school calendars, which shapes a labor pool with predictable off-hours for 1099 contract work.
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How it works
- Apply on this page — it takes about 30 seconds.
- We keep your application on file. KnockFiber has no partner sales team placing reps in Manhattan today.
- If a partner sales organization opens Manhattan, a recruiter reaches out.
Manhattan fiber sales — FAQ
What experience do I need for door-to-door fiber sales in Manhattan?
None. Partner sales organizations bring on coachable people and provide the scripts, ride-alongs and training. KnockFiber has no partner sales team placing reps in Manhattan today — apply anyway and we keep your application and reach out if a partner team opens Manhattan.
When and how do commissions pay out?
Commissions pay out every two weeks on completed installs. Commission only — no base, no quota. Individual results vary; no earnings are guaranteed.
What territory will I get in Manhattan?
No territory is assigned in Manhattan yet. This page covers Manhattan and nearby areas such as Aggieville, Northview, Westloop, Grand Mere, Miller Ranch, Ogden, and Fort Riley. KnockFiber has no partner sales team placing reps in Manhattan today — apply anyway and we keep your application and reach out if a partner team opens Manhattan.
Am I an employee or an independent contractor?
Door-to-door fiber sales with a partner sales organization is 1099 independent-contractor work, not W-2 employment. No partner team is placing reps in Manhattan today.
How do I find door-to-door fiber sales jobs near me in Manhattan?
KnockFiber has no partner sales team placing door-to-door fiber sales reps in Manhattan today. Apply in 30 seconds on this page and we keep your application and reach out if a partner team opens Manhattan. Commission-only 1099; individual results vary and no earnings are guaranteed.
How much of Manhattan has fiber?
Fiber reaches about 73% of homes in Riley County and about 97% of homes in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, according to the FCC's Broadband Data Collection filing for December 2025, which counts every provider reporting fiber at 100/20 Mbps or better to a residential location. Manhattan straddles both counties, so the page carries both figures, and each is county-wide rather than a Manhattan figure; the filing does not break the share out by city or neighborhood, and the Kansas statewide share in the same filing is about 77%. Availability is per address, so whether a particular Manhattan home can order fiber is settled only by the address check for that home.
Do I need a permit to knock doors in Manhattan, Kansas?
Manhattan licenses door-to-door sellers under Chapter 24 of its Code of Ordinances. Section 24-21(a) makes it unlawful to solicit within the city without first obtaining a license; section 24-1 defines soliciting as traveling from dwelling to dwelling offering goods, wares, merchandise, food or services, and only tax-exempt non-profits are exempt. Apply to the city clerk on the clerk's form (24-22), which feeds a criminal background check; a felony, a fraud or violence misdemeanor within five years, or a soliciting conviction within five years disqualifies. Fees under section 19-40 are $15.00 per person per day or $150.00 per year plus the background-check cost. Carry the license, produce it on request and wear the city-issued badge (24-23). Soliciting between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., entering premises posted No Peddling or No Solicitations, or staying after being asked to leave is unlawful (24-2).
Which neighbour towns would a Manhattan route pair with?
Junction City, about 17 miles southwest of Manhattan in a straight line between the two Census internal points, is the natural pairing: it sits on the far side of Fort Riley, and its code licenses door-to-door sellers under section 600.230 with hours of 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. under section 220.743, so a rep licensed in both cities could split a week between them. Ogden, a small Riley County city, sits between the two. Each city issues its own license, and each county carries its own FCC fiber share: about 73% of homes in Riley County, about 97% in Pottawatomie County and about 84% in Geary County (FCC filing, December 2025, all providers). Availability is per address in every one of them.
What is the weather like for door-to-door work in Manhattan?
NOAA's 1991-2020 normals for the Manhattan Municipal Airport station put the average high at 91.5 degrees F in July and 41.0 degrees F in January, when the average low is 17.8 degrees F. The station averages about 58 days a year with a high at or above 90 degrees F, concentrated in June, July and August, and about 129 days with a low at or below freezing. May and June are the wettest months at about 4.7 and 4.8 inches of precipitation, and annual precipitation is about 32 inches. Under the city's 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. soliciting window, summer evenings after the heat breaks and the long daylight of spring and early fall give the most comfortable hours on the doors; midwinter afternoons are short and cold.
Blitz teams
A blitz team travels to whichever market has just opened for door-to-door fiber sales — not necessarily this one — works it intensively for a set window, then moves on. KnockFiber is looking for blitz teams, blitz managers and reps who will travel to work fresh markets.