SOC 41-4012 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is $57,150. The 10th percentile is $31,780 and the 90th percentile is $107,370. Employment is 590.

Median annual wage

$57,150

10th percentile
$31,780
25th percentile
$38,670
Median
$57,150
75th percentile
$76,350
90th percentile
$107,370
Mean
$65,280

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $31,780 and the 90th percentile is $107,370. The difference is $75,590, which is 132.3% 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 $38,670 to the 75th at $76,350, covers $37,680.

The mean annual wage is $65,280, which sits above the median of $57,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gulfport-Biloxi, MS median is 20.7% 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 $63,496, which is 11.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% lower than the Mississippi median of $59,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $63,496 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 13th of 14 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).).

  • Mobile, AL is 50 miles away, with a median of $63,040 and employment of 1,930. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,557, against $63,496 here.
  • Hattiesburg, MS is 51 miles away, with a median of $50,690 and employment of 370. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,844, against $63,496 here.
  • Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 57 miles away, with a median of $66,970 and employment of 1,060. That median is 17.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,224, against $63,496 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.37% of wage-and-salary employment in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (590 of 158,310). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.47 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is $57,150. The 10th percentile is $31,780 and the 90th percentile is $107,370. Employment is 590.

How does that compare with the national median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products?

The local median is 20.7% lower than the national median of $72,080.

What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products pay in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,150 is $63,496. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Gulfport-Biloxi, MS compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products?

Mobile, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 50 miles away, at $63,040. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 13th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.