How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $58,860 and the 90th percentile is $215,660. The difference is $156,800, which is 126.1% 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 $78,810 to the 75th at $169,510, covers $90,700.

The mean annual wage is $132,650, which sits above the median of $124,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 18.5% higher than the national median of $104,920 for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products. In 2024 national prices the local median is $127,758, which is 21.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% lower than the North Carolina median of $125,370.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $124,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $127,758 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 5th of 26 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).).

• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $102,460 and employment of 80. That median is 17.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $115,792, against $127,758 here.
• Spartanburg, SC is 63 miles away, with a median of $138,750 and employment of 210. That median is 11.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $152,387, against $127,758 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 68 miles away, with a median of $98,090 and employment of 150. That median is 21.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,570, against $127,758 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (2,520 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.01 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.