How much do Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, the published 10th percentile is $38,650 and the 90th percentile is $130,590. The difference is $91,940, which is 137.0% 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 $48,610 to the 75th at $96,050, covers $47,440.

The mean annual wage is $78,480, which sits above the median of $67,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 4.1% 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 $70,628, which is 0.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.6% lower than the Michigan median of $73,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $67,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $70,628 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

34 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 4th of 35 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).).

• Jackson, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $58,570 and employment of 350. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,816, against $70,628 here.
• Battle Creek, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $61,190 and employment of 240. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,583, against $70,628 here.
• Flint, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $61,110 and employment of 580. That median is 8.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,686, against $70,628 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel accounts for 0.47% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (1,010 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.81% of employment (1,256,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 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.