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

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Dover, DE?

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 Dover, DE is $105,090. The 10th percentile is $57,920 and the 90th percentile is $144,110. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$105,090

10th percentile
$57,920
25th percentile
$95,890
Median
$105,090
75th percentile
$121,330
90th percentile
$144,110
Mean
$107,140

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 $57,920 and the 90th percentile is $144,110. The difference is $86,190, which is 82.0% 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 $95,890 to the 75th at $121,330, covers $25,440.

The mean annual wage is $107,140, which sits above the median of $105,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 0.2% 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 $107,777, which is 2.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.5% lower than the Delaware median of $107,830.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $105,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $107,777 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products. Dover, DE ranks 10th of 21 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).).

  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $121,180 and employment of 3,620. That median is 15.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $118,162, against $107,777 here.
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 58 miles away, with a median of $88,220 and employment of 2,950. That median is 16.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,432, against $107,777 here.
  • Salisbury, MD is 64 miles away, with a median of $73,910 and employment of 110. That median is 29.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,298, against $107,777 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (70 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Dover, DE?

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 Dover, DE is $105,090. The 10th percentile is $57,920 and the 90th percentile is $144,110. Employment is 70.

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

The local median is 0.2% higher than the national median of $104,920.

What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Dover, DE after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $105,090 is $107,777. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dover, DE compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products?

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 56 miles away, at $121,180. Dover, DE ranks 10th of 21 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.