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

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $81,140. The 10th percentile is $48,160 and the 90th percentile is $161,940. Employment is 61,860.

Median annual wage

$81,140

10th percentile
$48,160
25th percentile
$61,010
Median
$81,140
75th percentile
$120,200
90th percentile
$161,940
Mean
$96,210

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $48,160 and the 90th percentile is $161,940. The difference is $113,780, which is 140.2% 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 $61,010 to the 75th at $120,200, covers $59,190.

The mean annual wage is $96,210, which sits above the median of $81,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 12.6% 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 $72,084, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% higher than the New York median of $79,590.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products at $72,084 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 37 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).).

  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 42 miles away, with a median of $76,790 and employment of 1,840. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,858, against $72,084 here.
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 57 miles away, with a median of $84,920 and employment of 900. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,303, against $72,084 here.
  • Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 59 miles away, with a median of $74,810 and employment of 1,710. That median is 7.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,368, against $72,084 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.65% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (61,860 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.80% of employment (1,238,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $81,140. The 10th percentile is $48,160 and the 90th percentile is $161,940. Employment is 61,860.

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

The local median is 12.6% higher than the national median of $72,080.

What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $81,140 is $72,084. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products?

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 42 miles away, at $76,790. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 37 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.