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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Alabama and Colorado
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 $135,000 per year in Colorado. Alabama is 35.5% below Colorado 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 4,150 in Colorado. 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.