SOC 41-3091 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel make in Dalton, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Dalton, GA is $59,500. The 10th percentile is $37,130 and the 90th percentile is $136,200. Employment is 300.

Median annual wage

$59,500

10th percentile
$37,130
25th percentile
$45,590
Median
$59,500
75th percentile
$89,940
90th percentile
$136,200
Mean
$74,330

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, the published 10th percentile is $37,130 and the 90th percentile is $136,200. The difference is $99,070, which is 166.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $45,590 to the 75th at $89,940, covers $44,350.

The mean annual wage is $74,330, which sits above the median of $59,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dalton, GA median is 15% lower than the national median of $69,990 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,226, which is 5.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21% lower than the Georgia median of $75,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dalton, GA is 89.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $66,226 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Dalton, GA ranks 7th of 28 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Cleveland, TN is 26 miles away, with a median of $51,860 and employment of 160. That median is 12.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,878, against $66,226 here.
  • Chattanooga, TN-GA is 33 miles away, with a median of $56,120 and employment of 1,630. That median is 5.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,357, against $66,226 here.
  • Rome, GA is 42 miles away, with a median of $57,330 and employment of 250. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,586, against $66,226 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel accounts for 0.46% of wage-and-salary employment in Dalton, GA (300 of 65,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.81% of employment (1,256,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.57 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel make in Dalton, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Dalton, GA is $59,500. The 10th percentile is $37,130 and the 90th percentile is $136,200. Employment is 300.

How does that compare with the national median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel?

The local median is 15% lower than the national median of $69,990.

What is Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel pay in Dalton, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dalton, GA is 89.844, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $59,500 is $66,226. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dalton, GA compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel?

Cleveland, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $51,860. Dalton, GA ranks 7th of 28 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.