How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Bellingham, WA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $49,570 and the 90th percentile is $160,850. The difference is $111,280, which is 144.6% 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 $61,400 to the 75th at $104,470, covers $43,070.

The mean annual wage is $92,740, which sits above the median of $76,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bellingham, WA median is 6.8% higher than the national median of $72,080 for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,487, which is 3.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.6% lower than the Washington median of $79,830.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bellingham, WA is 103.334, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $74,487 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Bellingham, WA ranks 5th of 9 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).).

• Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 24 miles away, with a median of $78,620 and employment of 370. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,745, against $74,487 here.
• Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 91 miles away, with a median of $79,700 and employment of 360. That median is 3.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,468, against $74,487 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 93 miles away, with a median of $82,260 and employment of 16,510. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,019, against $74,487 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.80% of wage-and-salary employment in Bellingham, WA (730 of 91,390). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.00 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.