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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products pay in Lawton, OK and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products is $124,340 per year in Lawton, OK. It is $74,490 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Lawton, OK is 66.9% above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-4012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 320 wage and salary jobs in Lawton, OK and 54,950 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings