How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in El Centro, CA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $43,190 and the 90th percentile is $141,840. The difference is $98,650, which is 134.6% 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 $48,700 to the 75th at $101,470, covers $52,770.

The mean annual wage is $83,660, which sits above the median of $73,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The El Centro, CA median is 1.7% 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 $76,985, which is 6.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.2% lower than the California median of $76,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for El Centro, CA is 95.174, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $73,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $76,985 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. El Centro, CA ranks 4th of 7 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).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 82 miles away, with a median of $76,100 and employment of 9,040. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,015, against $76,985 here.
• Yuma, AZ is 86 miles away, with a median of $64,710 and employment of 280. That median is 11.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,801, against $76,985 here.
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 113 miles away, with a median of $72,100 and employment of 11,950. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,736, against $76,985 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.55% of wage-and-salary employment in El Centro, CA (360 of 65,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.69 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.