Occupational employment / Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6,840 $44.01 $91,540
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 23,120 $44.06 $91,640
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 20,710 $35.88 $74,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 19,780 $38.50 $80,070
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 16,820 $45.47 $94,580
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 16,580 $34.58 $71,920
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 13,560 $40.28 $83,780
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 12,450 $37.73 $78,480
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 11,530 $31.47 $65,460
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 11,290 $45.95 $95,570
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 11,270 $44.73 $93,040
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 10,890 $37.63 $78,270
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 10,600 $37.73 $78,470
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 9,830 $31.96 $66,470
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 9,530 $42.51 $88,420
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 8,880 $39.56 $82,280
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 8,110 $41.32 $85,940
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 7,780 $49.84 $103,670
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 7,690 $44.39 $92,320
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 7,260 $43.22 $89,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 7,000 $42.49 $88,380
Denver-Aurora, CO 6,850 $40.80 $84,860
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 6,810 $37.30 $77,580
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 6,680 $42.34 $88,060
Austin-Round Rock, TX 6,160 Not available Not available
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 6,150 $44.70 $92,970
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 5,800 $28.71 $59,710
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 5,780 $35.71 $74,280
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 5,630 $43.52 $90,520
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 5,240 $43.54 $90,570
St. Louis, MO-IL 5,010 $38.58 $80,260
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 4,680 $46.55 $96,820
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 4,630 $42.84 $89,100
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4,610 $36.95 $76,860
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 3,980 $30.98 $64,450
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 3,960 $25.83 $53,720
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 3,950 $31.05 $64,580
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 3,900 $45.55 $94,740
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 3,850 $41.95 $87,250
Kansas City, MO-KS 3,760 $37.49 $77,980
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,650 $37.00 $76,970
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 3,600 $45.49 $94,620
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 3,570 $37.22 $77,430
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 3,550 $37.23 $77,440
Raleigh-Cary, NC 3,490 $32.95 $68,530
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 3,460 $40.49 $84,220
Salt Lake City, UT 3,390 $38.87 $80,860
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,370 $42.77 $88,970
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 3,310 $45.54 $94,730
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 3,260 $36.14 $75,160
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,150 $43.15 $89,760
Pittsburgh, PA 3,060 $36.61 $76,140
Columbus, OH 2,950 $39.66 $82,500
Tulsa, OK 2,520 $30.64 $63,740
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,480 $36.32 $75,540
Oklahoma City, OK 2,460 $28.55 $59,380
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 2,440 $20.50 $42,640
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,340 $53.24 $110,740
Richmond, VA 2,310 $35.25 $73,320
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 2,190 $39.45 $82,070
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2,120 $39.98 $83,150
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,980 $38.24 $79,540
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,970 $44.21 $91,960
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,940 $34.21 $71,160
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,850 $37.77 $78,560
Jacksonville, FL 1,790 $39.38 $81,910
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 1,760 $41.35 $86,000
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,750 $41.73 $86,800
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,690 $41.96 $87,280
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,690 $37.10 $77,170
San Antonio, TX 1,680 $33.01 $68,660
Rochester, NY 1,670 $46.12 $95,930
New Haven, CT 1,650 $36.35 $75,610
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,600 $45.54 $94,730
Worcester, MA-CT 1,580 $42.12 $87,600
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 1,470 Not available Not available
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,440 $29.00 $60,310
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,440 $29.90 $62,190
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,420 $30.42 $63,270
Knoxville, TN 1,400 $31.30 $65,110
Durham, NC 1,370 $38.01 $79,070
Boulder, CO 1,320 $47.85 $99,540
Madison, WI 1,300 $37.71 $78,450
Ann Arbor, MI 1,280 $38.37 $79,820
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 1,260 $42.42 $88,220
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,170 $27.56 $57,320
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,160 $44.29 $92,130
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1,130 $43.61 $90,700
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1,130 $41.38 $86,070
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,120 $38.95 $81,020
Greenville, SC 1,060 $31.88 $66,320
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,060 $36.40 $75,700
Boise City-Nampa, ID 1,040 $37.09 $77,140
Lakeland, FL 1,030 $33.97 $70,650
Albuquerque, NM 1,030 $38.30 $79,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1,010 $41.65 $86,620
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,010 $33.88 $70,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 930 $33.32 $69,310
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 890 $39.57 $82,310
Wichita, KS 880 $33.15 $68,940
Akron, OH 830 $40.38 $83,990
Columbia, SC 790 $35.00 $72,800
Colorado Springs, CO 790 $34.29 $71,320
Lexington-Fayette, KY 770 $43.64 $90,770
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 770 Not available Not available
Springfield, MA-CT 720 $34.01 $70,750
Reno-Sparks, NV 720 $41.60 $86,520
Dayton, OH 710 $29.76 $61,910
Syracuse, NY 710 $35.50 $73,840
Fort Wayne, IN 710 $33.04 $68,730
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 670 $44.18 $91,900
Huntsville, AL 660 $35.06 $72,920
Provo-Orem, UT 660 $32.72 $68,060
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 610 $36.34 $75,590
Cedar Rapids, IA 610 $34.66 $72,100
Tucson, AZ 590 $26.19 $54,480
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 590 $37.23 $77,440
Sioux Falls, SD 590 $39.48 $82,110
Fresno, CA 570 $33.44 $69,560
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 570 $39.26 $81,660
Chattanooga, TN-GA 570 $33.63 $69,960
Lafayette, LA 550 $35.89 $74,640
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 540 $32.47 $67,530
Tallahassee, FL 520 $28.22 $58,710
Honolulu, HI 520 $27.29 $56,770
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 490 $30.04 $62,470
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 480 $32.61 $67,830
Toledo, OH 470 $30.59 $63,630
Jackson, MS 460 $37.13 $77,230
Savannah, GA 460 $33.13 $68,920
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 460 $31.06 $64,600
Spokane, WA 450 $26.73 $55,590
Baton Rouge, LA 440 $33.25 $69,170
Lancaster, PA 430 $32.36 $67,310
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 430 Not available Not available
Manchester, NH 420 $40.56 $84,370
Danbury, CT 420 $38.42 $79,920
Peoria, IL 420 $31.14 $64,760
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 410 $37.58 $78,170
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 400 Not available Not available
Fargo, ND-MN 390 $42.02 $87,400
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 390 $50.88 $105,820
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 390 $28.56 $59,400
York-Hanover, PA 380 $34.89 $72,560
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 380 $38.40 $79,880
Appleton, WI 370 $40.20 $83,620
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 370 $28.23 $58,720
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 360 $43.67 $90,820
Green Bay, WI 350 $34.35 $71,460
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 350 $50.22 $104,450
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 340 Not available Not available
Barnstable Town, MA 340 $55.35 $115,130
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 340 $30.71 $63,880
Corpus Christi, TX 330 $33.86 $70,440
Portsmouth, NH-ME 330 $36.39 $75,690
Casper, WY 320 $30.68 $63,820
Winston-Salem, NC 320 $31.54 $65,610
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 320 $39.14 $81,420
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 310 $31.80 $66,150
Roanoke, VA 300 $32.36 $67,310
Asheville, NC 300 $27.52 $57,240
Evansville, IN-KY 290 $31.78 $66,100
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 290 $35.05 $72,900
Ocala, FL 290 $28.54 $59,370
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 280 $27.37 $56,930
Anchorage, AK 280 $40.34 $83,910
Coeur d'Alene, ID 280 $36.15 $75,200
Spartanburg, SC 280 $26.40 $54,900
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 270 $29.45 $61,260
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 270 $36.58 $76,090
Eugene-Springfield, OR 270 $36.57 $76,070
Lincoln, NE 270 $30.37 $63,170
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 250 $37.25 $77,470
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 250 $40.23 $83,680
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 250 $41.00 $85,270
Odessa, TX 250 $33.47 $69,630
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 240 $33.98 $70,680
Reading, PA 240 $37.34 $77,680
Springfield, MO 240 $34.50 $71,750
Bakersfield, CA 240 $38.65 $80,390
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 240 $31.55 $65,630
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 240 $28.93 $60,180
Visalia-Porterville, CA 230 $42.39 $88,160
Burlington, NC 230 Not available Not available
Stockton, CA 230 $37.91 $78,850
El Paso, TX 220 $29.86 $62,110
Rockford, IL 220 $33.67 $70,040
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 210 $48.52 $100,930
Mobile, AL 210 $32.10 $66,770
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 210 $33.16 $68,970
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 200 $33.60 $69,880
Wilmington, NC 200 $27.04 $56,250
Erie, PA 200 $26.30 $54,700
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 200 $33.89 $70,500
Waterbury, CT 200 Not available Not available
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 200 $38.08 $79,210
Flint, MI 200 $42.47 $88,350
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 200 $35.12 $73,060
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 190 $41.96 $87,270
Bloomington-Normal, IL 190 $44.07 $91,670
Montgomery, AL 180 $31.91 $66,380
Modesto, CA 180 $44.26 $92,050
Fort Smith, AR-OK 180 $28.60 $59,480
Binghamton, NY 170 $33.47 $69,620
Napa, CA 170 $39.21 $81,550
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 160 $32.19 $66,950
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 160 $35.04 $72,870
Lake Charles, LA 160 $39.92 $83,030
Wausau, WI 160 $34.83 $72,450
Morristown, TN 150 $39.00 $81,120
Topeka, KS 150 $32.46 $67,510
New Bedford, MA 150 $46.52 $96,750
Gainesville, GA 150 $35.65 $74,150
Iowa City, IA 150 $37.22 $77,420
Springfield, IL 150 $40.91 $85,080
Canton-Massillon, OH 150 $28.96 $60,240
Charleston, WV 140 $33.31 $69,280
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 140 $38.03 $79,100
Rapid City, SD 140 Not available Not available
Bloomington, IN 140 $46.07 $95,830
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 140 $43.44 $90,360
Rochester, MN 140 $33.27 $69,200
Greeley, CO 140 $29.90 $62,200
Columbus, GA-AL 140 $24.30 $50,550
Athens-Clarke County, GA 140 $26.44 $54,990
Amarillo, TX 130 $28.43 $59,130
Ames, IA 130 $30.43 $63,300
Olympia, WA 130 $40.57 $84,380
Champaign-Urbana, IL 130 $37.76 $78,540
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 130 $27.14 $56,450
Prescott, AZ 130 $25.11 $52,230
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 130 $47.35 $98,500
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 120 $35.50 $73,830
Jackson, TN 120 $41.21 $85,720
Terre Haute, IN 120 Not available Not available
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 120 $33.89 $70,500
Racine, WI 120 $31.64 $65,810
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 120 $25.31 $52,650
Johnson City, TN 120 $32.54 $67,680
Naples-Marco Island, FL 110 Not available Not available
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 110 Not available Not available
Charlottesville, VA 110 Not available Not available
St. Joseph, MO-KS 110 $32.84 $68,310
Medford, OR 110 $41.82 $86,990
Midland, TX 110 $30.94 $64,350
Harrisonburg, VA 110 $28.39 $59,050
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 110 Not available Not available
Bismarck, ND 110 $38.38 $79,830
Gainesville, FL 110 $33.30 $69,260
Billings, MT 110 $25.47 $52,970
Salinas, CA 110 $36.03 $74,940
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 110 $30.10 $62,600
Great Falls, MT 100 $23.98 $49,870
Ithaca, NY 100 $38.26 $79,590
Johnstown, PA 100 $24.00 $49,920
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 100 $28.12 $58,480
Alexandria, LA 100 $26.62 $55,370
Anderson, SC 100 $32.81 $68,250
Lafayette, IN 100 $22.90 $47,630
Redding, CA 100 $38.79 $80,670
Dalton, GA 90 $35.24 $73,290
Owensboro, KY 90 Not available Not available
Winchester, VA-WV 90 $42.96 $89,350
Decatur, IL 90 $30.10 $62,600
Idaho Falls, ID 90 $36.18 $75,250
Joplin, MO 90 $26.38 $54,860
College Station-Bryan, TX 90 Not available Not available
Logan, UT-ID 90 $32.58 $67,760
Utica-Rome, NY 90 $29.91 $62,220
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 90 $36.64 $76,210
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 90 $36.13 $75,160
Atlantic City, NJ 90 $34.76 $72,300
Albany, GA 90 $19.58 $40,720
Bellingham, WA 90 $33.55 $69,790
Tyler, TX 90 $38.76 $80,630
Fond du Lac, WI 90 $31.72 $65,970
Longview, WA 80 Not available Not available
Lynchburg, VA 80 $31.46 $65,440
Yuma, AZ 80 $31.75 $66,030
Fayetteville, NC 80 $24.52 $50,990
Yakima, WA 80 $38.56 $80,200
Valdosta, GA 80 $23.62 $49,120
Battle Creek, MI 80 $40.51 $84,270
Janesville, WI 80 $33.31 $69,290
Las Cruces, NM 70 $32.36 $67,310
Duluth, MN-WI 70 Not available Not available
Anderson, IN 70 Not available Not available
St. George, UT 70 $34.03 $70,790
Rome, GA 70 $16.40 $34,120
Salem, OR 70 $47.78 $99,390
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 70 $25.93 $53,920
Macon, GA 70 $32.51 $67,610
Florence, SC 70 $35.36 $73,550
Brunswick, GA 70 $18.79 $39,070
Monroe, LA 70 $25.67 $53,400
Altoona, PA 70 $25.10 $52,210
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 70 $34.44 $71,640
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 60 $33.72 $70,140
St. Cloud, MN 60 $38.15 $79,350
Wenatchee, WA 60 $54.71 $113,800
State College, PA 60 $22.76 $47,340
Greenville, NC 60 $23.39 $48,650
Grand Junction, CO 60 $29.87 $62,130
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $40.67 $84,590
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 $34.34 $71,430
La Crosse, WI-MN 50 $28.26 $58,780
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 50 Not available Not available
Columbia, MO 50 Not available Not available
Eau Claire, WI 50 $34.37 $71,490
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 50 $30.93 $64,330
Danville, IL 50 $25.84 $53,740
Columbus, IN 50 $42.36 $88,100
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 50 $27.68 $57,570
Kokomo, IN 50 $36.63 $76,190
Cleveland, TN 50 $26.57 $55,260
Pittsfield, MA 50 $32.68 $67,980
Dothan, AL 50 $30.90 $64,260
Lawrence, KS 50 Not available Not available
Muncie, IN 50 $33.27 $69,200
Dubuque, IA 40 $26.80 $55,740
Victoria, TX 40 $27.11 $56,380
Waco, TX 40 $29.80 $61,990
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $33.27 $69,210
Dover, DE 40 $44.79 $93,150
Missoula, MT 40 $18.28 $38,030
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $24.64 $51,260
Carson City, NV 40 $32.38 $67,360
Abilene, TX 40 Not available Not available
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $33.19 $69,040
Springfield, OH 40 $32.57 $67,750
Bay City, MI 40 $30.02 $62,440
Sumter, SC 40 $21.28 $44,260
Tuscaloosa, AL 40 $38.76 $80,630
Elmira, NY 40 $26.45 $55,020
Punta Gorda, FL 30 Not available Not available
Ponce, PR 30 $14.05 $29,230
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 30 $28.88 $60,070
Corvallis, OR 30 $43.13 $89,720
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 30 $19.89 $41,360
Jefferson City, MO 30 $38.73 $80,550
Santa Fe, NM 30 $16.38 $34,080
Jonesboro, AR Not available $26.52 $55,170
Lima, OH Not available $29.33 $61,010
Jackson, MI Not available $30.07 $62,550
Farmington, NM Not available $31.19 $64,880
Monroe, MI Not available $26.81 $55,760
Lubbock, TX Not available $29.38 $61,110
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Not available $33.49 $69,660
Longview, TX Not available $45.57 $94,790
Bowling Green, KY Not available $41.54 $86,400
Flagstaff, AZ Not available $24.15 $50,240
Pascagoula, MS Not available $38.92 $80,960
Sheboygan, WI Not available $36.28 $75,460
Bangor, ME Not available $44.59 $92,750
Auburn-Opelika, AL Not available $51.40 $106,900
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Not available $35.62 $74,100
Morgantown, WV Not available $25.37 $52,770
Mansfield, OH Not available $24.88 $51,760
Sandusky, OH Not available $28.47 $59,210
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Not available $35.71 $74,280
Wichita Falls, TX Not available $31.66 $65,860
Lawton, OK Not available $11.80 $24,540
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Not available $45.98 $95,640
Chico, CA Not available $47.35 $98,490
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Not available $29.90 $62,190
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