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

How much do Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products make in Traverse City, MI?

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 Traverse City, MI is $102,850. The 10th percentile is $54,000 and the 90th percentile is $221,570. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$102,850

10th percentile
$54,000
25th percentile
$73,320
Median
$102,850
75th percentile
$163,140
90th percentile
$221,570
Mean
$127,390

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 $54,000 and the 90th percentile is $221,570. The difference is $167,570, which is 162.9% 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 $73,320 to the 75th at $163,140, covers $89,820.

The mean annual wage is $127,390, which sits above the median of $102,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Traverse City, MI median is 2% 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 $110,151, which is 5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% lower than the Michigan median of $125,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $102,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products at $110,151 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. Traverse City, MI ranks 7th 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).).

  • Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $56,750 and employment of 200. That median is 44.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,965, against $110,151 here.
  • Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $112,520 and employment of 60. That median is 9.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $121,618, against $110,151 here.
  • Appleton, WI is 130 miles away, with a median of $76,180 and employment of 120. That median is 25.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,429, against $110,151 here.

Employment share

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Traverse City, MI (40 of 68,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (284,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.32 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 Traverse City, MI · 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 Traverse City, MI?

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 Traverse City, MI is $102,850. The 10th percentile is $54,000 and the 90th percentile is $221,570. Employment is 40.

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

The local median is 2% lower than the national median of $104,920.

What is Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Traverse City, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $102,850 is $110,151. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Traverse City, MI compare with nearby metros for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products?

Green Bay, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 108 miles away, at $56,750. Traverse City, MI ranks 7th of 12 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.