How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $34,310 and the 90th percentile is $126,770. The difference is $92,460, which is 157.9% 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 $45,440 to the 75th at $82,460, covers $37,020.

The mean annual wage is $71,840, which sits above the median of $58,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median is 18.7% 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 $67,752, which is 6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% lower than the Tennessee median of $61,630.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 86.447, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $67,752 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ranks 24th of 28 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).).

• Johnson City, TN is 24 miles away, with a median of $54,440 and employment of 650. That median is 7.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,914, against $67,752 here.
• Morristown, TN is 62 miles away, with a median of $57,270 and employment of 340. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,312, against $67,752 here.
• Asheville, NC is 69 miles away, with a median of $63,920 and employment of 1,670. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,234, against $67,752 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.64% of wage-and-salary employment in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (770 of 119,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 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.