Occupation salary profile

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

SOC 41-4011 BLS OEWS May 2025 H-1B LCAs, last 12 months

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of postsecondary education. Excludes “Sales Engineers” (41-9031).

National median · BLS
$104,920
▲ +4.85% YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$95,250
▲ +5.83% YoY · 164 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$119,730
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
284,800
Jobs (BLS)
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Pay range for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 164 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.

Percentile All U.S. workers (BLS) H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay$52,600$67,560
25th$75,030$79,750
Median (50th)$104,920$95,250
75th$158,160$132,129
90th — top pay$200,440$174,912
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $95,250 for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products — 9.2% below the BLS national median of $104,920.

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Projections 2025–2035

Job outlook for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

BLS projects employment of sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products to grow 1.2% from 2025 to 2035, slower than the 3.5% average for all occupations. About 23,600 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.

Jobs 2025 → 2035
292,000 → 295,500
+3,500 jobs
Projected change
+1.2%
All occupations: +3.5%
Openings per year
23,600
Average, 2025–2035
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
No related experience required
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training
Self-employed
2.4% of workers (2025)
Preparation needed (O*NET Job Zone 4)
Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Fastest-growing jobs → Best-paying jobs that need a bachelor's degree →

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–2035 · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook →

H-1B sponsored pay

Pay by H-1B wage level

Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.

H-1B median $95,250
Change vs prior year +5.83%
After inflation (CPI-U) +2.62%
Wage level LCAs Share P25 Median P75
Level I 56 34.1% $69,032 $75,981 $85,250
Level II 58 35.4% $91,104 $103,192 $112,902
Level III 20 12.2% $139,424 $151,198 $179,029
Level IV 23 14% $144,000 $170,206 $190,520
H-1B job titles

Salaries by job title in Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

The 1 most-filed job titles inside SOC 41-4011, from 164 H-1B filings. Seniority words and level numbers are grouped (“Senior Data Engineer II” counts as Data Engineer). Tap a title for its full range, wage levels and the exact titles employers used.

Job title LCAs Share P25 Median P75 YoY
Account Executive 12 7.32% $78,248 $104,479 $127,254 +5.76%

Titles are cleaned from the employer's own LCA text (codes and typos removed, nothing invented). Rows need 10+ filings in this SOC.

Skills & tools

Skills needed for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

How important each skill and knowledge area is for this job, rated by O*NET on a 1–5 scale from surveys of workers and occupational analysts.

Top skills
  • Persuasion4.3
  • Speaking4.3
  • Active Listening4.1
  • Negotiation4.0
  • Social Perceptiveness3.9
  • Reading Comprehension3.8
  • Service Orientation3.8
  • Coordination3.6
  • Active Learning3.5
  • Complex Problem Solving3.4
Top knowledge areas
  • Customer and Personal Service4.4
  • Sales and Marketing4.3
  • English Language3.7
  • Administration and Management3.2
  • Mathematics3.2
  • Production and Processing3.1
  • Computers and Electronics3.0
  • Administrative2.9
Software and technology used
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookSalesforce softwareAmazon Web Services AWS softwareApache HadoopGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Workspace softwareHubSpot softwareIBM SPSS StatisticsIntuit QuickBooksLinuxMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft Word

Highlighted = in demand: frequently listed in employer job postings for this occupation (O*NET).

Source: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

About the job

What sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products do

  • Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.
  • Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders.
  • Visit establishments to evaluate needs or to promote product or service sales.
  • Maintain customer records, using automated systems.
  • Answer customers' questions about products, prices, availability, or credit terms.
  • Quote prices, credit terms, or other bid specifications.
  • Contact new or existing customers to discuss how specific products or services can meet their needs.
  • Emphasize product features, based on analyses of customers' needs and on technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations.
Also called
Inside Sales RepresentativeMarketing RepresentativeSales Representative
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Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.