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Average Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Technical And Scientific Products Salary in Rhode Island

Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Technical And Scientific Products in Rhode Island earn a median annual salary of $99,870, which is -0.2% compared to the national median. There are 550 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Rhode Island (state).

$99,870
Rhode Island median annual wage
$48/hour median
-0.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $100,070
550
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.58
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$59,330
25th
$61,520
Median
$99,870
75th
$163,250
90th
$225,670

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Rhode Island, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$97,644
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 146.7%
Rents: 105.6%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$134,240Compare5,620
New York$132,410Compare9,090
Colorado$132,010Compare3,730
Washington$130,470Compare10,240
West Virginia$126,770Compare640
California$123,980Compare24,420

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Rhode Island

Rhode Island has salary data for 551 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Technical And Scientific Products in Rhode Island

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Technical And Scientific Products are projected to change by +1.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 27,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.