How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in Monroe, LA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $34,060 and the 90th percentile is $118,040. The difference is $83,980, which is 135.8% 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 $44,200 to the 75th at $84,260, covers $40,060.

The mean annual wage is $69,210, which sits above the median of $61,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Monroe, LA median is 14.2% 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 $73,974, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.3% lower than the Louisiana median of $63,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Monroe, LA is 83.597, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $73,974 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Monroe, LA ranks 5th of 15 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).).

• Alexandria, LA is 97 miles away, with a median of $56,690 and employment of 440. That median is 8.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,160, against $73,974 here.
• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 100 miles away, with a median of $61,150 and employment of 1,680. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,140, against $73,974 here.
• Jackson, MS is 113 miles away, with a median of $61,470 and employment of 1,960. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,030, against $73,974 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.88% of wage-and-salary employment in Monroe, LA (770 of 87,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.11 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.