How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $52,830 and the 90th percentile is $186,190. The difference is $133,360, which is 132.1% 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 $74,300 to the 75th at $137,530, covers $63,230.

The mean annual wage is $114,360, which sits above the median of $100,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 3.8% 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 $102,384, which is 2.4% lower than 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 Texas median of $99,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $100,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $102,384 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 2nd of 12 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 71 miles away, with a median of $101,360 and employment of 200. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $112,565, against $102,384 here.
• College Station-Bryan, TX is 95 miles away, with a median of $80,460 and employment of 110. That median is 20.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,465, against $102,384 here.
• Lake Charles, LA is 130 miles away, with a median of $77,570 and employment of 70. That median is 23.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,353, against $102,384 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (7,800 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.