How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, the published 10th percentile is $76,190 and the 90th percentile is $223,400. The difference is $147,210, which is 112.6% 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 $103,140 to the 75th at $171,570, covers $68,430.

The mean annual wage is $143,910, which sits above the median of $130,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 24.6% 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 $113,058, which is 7.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% higher than the California median of $124,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $130,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $113,058 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. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 4th 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).).

• Vallejo, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $100,810 and employment of 90. That median is 22.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,930, against $113,058 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 55 miles away, with a median of $131,520 and employment of 50. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $119,677, against $113,058 here.
• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $83,810 and employment of 160. That median is 35.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,751, against $113,058 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (3,950 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 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.