How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $34,650 and the 90th percentile is $111,420. The difference is $76,770, which is 128.3% 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 $46,370 to the 75th at $82,420, covers $36,050.

The mean annual wage is $68,500, which sits above the median of $59,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median is 17% lower 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 $69,507, which is 3.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Missouri median of $61,940.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 86.078, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $69,507 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ranks 10th of 17 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).).

• Paducah, KY-IL is 60 miles away, with a median of $60,340 and employment of 420. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,094, against $69,507 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 103 miles away, with a median of $64,590 and employment of 10,710. That median is 8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,927, against $69,507 here.
• Jackson, TN is 119 miles away, with a median of $59,560 and employment of 590. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,643, against $69,507 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.69% of wage-and-salary employment in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (310 of 44,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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.