SOC 41-4012 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025
How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $74,490. The 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th percentile is $135,830. Employment is 54,950.
Median annual wage
$74,490
- 10th percentile
- $39,520
- 25th percentile
- $51,820
- Median
- $74,490
- 75th percentile
- $101,020
- 90th percentile
- $135,830
- Mean
- $83,950
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th percentile is $135,830. The difference is $96,310, which is 129.3% 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 $51,820 to the 75th at $101,020, covers $49,200.
The mean annual wage is $83,950, which sits above the median of $74,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 3.3% 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 $65,592, which is 9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.6% lower than the California median of $76,490.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $65,592 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 5th of 10 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).).
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $77,300 and employment of 2,630. That median is 3.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,933, against $65,592 here.
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $74,190 and employment of 1,530. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,538, against $65,592 here.
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $74,300 and employment of 1,110. That median is 0.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,292, against $65,592 here.
Employment share
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.88% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (54,950 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $74,490. The 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th percentile is $135,830. Employment is 54,950.
How does that compare with the national median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products?
The local median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $72,080.
What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,490 is $65,592. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products?
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 57 miles away, at $77,300. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 5th of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.