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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products is $87,140 per year in Alabama. It is $77,080 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 13.1% above Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-4011 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 2,780 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 440 in Alaska. 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.