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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products is $126,830 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $167,630 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 24.3% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 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 1,010 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 2,790 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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.