Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

41-4011 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post-secondary education. Excludes "Sales Engineers" (41-9031).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
306,980	2.2 %	$44.70	$92,980	0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$19.75	$27.43	$38.95	$56.52	$76.24
Annual Wage (2)	$41,080	$57,050	$81,020	$117,560	$158,580

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	60,270	8.94	$43.18	$89,820
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	36,310	9.53	$47.10	$97,960
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	26,140	1.20	$47.36	$98,500
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	23,820	4.51	$48.63	$101,140
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	19,790	1.38	$40.97	$85,210

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	36,310	9.53	$47.10	$97,960
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	60,270	8.94	$43.18	$89,820
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	14,580	4.91	$42.35	$88,090
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	23,820	4.51	$48.63	$101,140
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	6,740	4.25	$48.36	$100,600

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oil and Gas Extraction	80	0.06	$60.98	$126,840
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	170	0.02	$60.13	$125,080
Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	250	2.06	$57.41	$119,410
Other Food Manufacturing	60	0.03	$54.57	$113,500
Scientific Research and Development Services	4,990	0.71	$52.42	$109,030

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	39,230	2.26	1.08	$46.86	$97,470
Texas	28,850	2.32	1.11	$44.83	$93,250
Florida	20,830	2.37	1.13	$42.80	$89,030
Massachusetts	15,520	4.29	2.05	$47.40	$98,590
New York	15,040	1.58	0.76	$54.86	$114,110

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Tennessee	13,020	4.33	2.07	$38.72	$80,540
Oklahoma	6,930	4.29	2.05	$39.77	$82,710
Massachusetts	15,520	4.29	2.05	$47.40	$98,590
New Hampshire	2,590	3.92	1.88	$49.78	$103,540
South Dakota	1,510	3.56	1.70	$44.39	$92,340

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming	250	0.93	0.45	$59.48	$123,710
New York	15,040	1.58	0.76	$54.86	$114,110
Delaware	880	1.95	0.93	$52.95	$110,130
Colorado	6,170	2.30	1.10	$52.91	$110,050
New Mexico	860	1.04	0.50	$51.84	$107,830

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	14,530	5.19	2.48	$47.68	$99,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	13,990	2.24	1.07	$43.81	$91,120
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	13,920	1.44	0.69	$53.68	$111,650
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	12,590	2.69	1.29	$42.47	$88,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	7,980	2.18	1.04	$40.80	$84,860
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	7,970	6.98	3.34	$52.12	$108,410
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	7,880	2.58	1.24	$43.26	$89,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	7,640	2.66	1.27	$37.44	$77,880
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	7,320	2.67	1.28	$35.86	$74,590
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	7,280	2.75	1.32	$40.66	$84,580