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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products pay in Rhode Island and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products is $82,420 per year in Rhode Island. It is $61,630 per year in Tennessee. Rhode Island is 33.7% above Tennessee 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 4,870 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and 23,850 in Tennessee. 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