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 Wausau, WI?

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 Wausau, WI is $59,450. The 10th percentile is $36,650 and the 90th percentile is $102,700. Employment is 350.

Median annual wage

$59,450

10th percentile
$36,650
25th percentile
$45,950
Median
$59,450
75th percentile
$79,550
90th percentile
$102,700
Mean
$67,000

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 $36,650 and the 90th percentile is $102,700. The difference is $66,050, which is 111.1% 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 $45,950 to the 75th at $79,550, covers $33,600.

The mean annual wage is $67,000, which sits above the median of $59,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wausau, WI median is 15.1% 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 $64,166, which is 8.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.1% lower than the Wisconsin median of $64,020.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wausau, WI is 92.651, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $64,166 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Wausau, WI ranks 18th of 19 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).).

  • Eau Claire, WI is 75 miles away, with a median of $60,320 and employment of 580. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,003, against $64,166 here.
  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 78 miles away, with a median of $60,410 and employment of 570. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,007, against $64,166 here.
  • Appleton, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $62,840 and employment of 1,010. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,995, against $64,166 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel accounts for 0.50% of wage-and-salary employment in Wausau, WI (350 of 69,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.81% of employment (1,256,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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 Wausau, WI?

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 Wausau, WI is $59,450. The 10th percentile is $36,650 and the 90th percentile is $102,700. Employment is 350.

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

The local median is 15.1% lower than the national median of $69,990.

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

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wausau, WI is 92.651, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $59,450 is $64,166. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

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

Eau Claire, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $60,320. Wausau, WI ranks 18th of 19 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.