SOC 41-4011 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Corpus Christi, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Corpus Christi, TX is $76,980. The 10th percentile is $48,040 and the 90th percentile is $154,960. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$76,980

10th percentile
$48,040
25th percentile
$65,430
Median
$76,980
75th percentile
$119,480
90th percentile
$154,960
Mean
$91,700

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $48,040 and the 90th percentile is $154,960. The difference is $106,920, which is 138.9% 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 $65,430 to the 75th at $119,480, covers $54,050.

The mean annual wage is $91,700, which sits above the median of $76,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corpus Christi, TX median is 26.6% lower 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 $83,068, which is 20.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.3% lower than the Texas median of $99,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $83,068 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 5th of 6 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).).

  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $70,980 and employment of 190. That median is 7.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,636, against $83,068 here.
  • Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $91,310 and employment of 190. That median is 18.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,205, against $83,068 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 129 miles away, with a median of $91,660 and employment of 1,980. That median is 19.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,774, against $83,068 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Corpus Christi, TX (130 of 192,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.37 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 Corpus Christi, TX · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, 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, Technical and Scientific Products make in Corpus Christi, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Corpus Christi, TX is $76,980. The 10th percentile is $48,040 and the 90th percentile is $154,960. Employment is 130.

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

The local median is 26.6% lower than the national median of $104,920.

What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Corpus Christi, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $76,980 is $83,068. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Corpus Christi, TX compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products?

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 114 miles away, at $70,980. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 5th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.