Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $73K, rent takes 20.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products typically earn — is $45K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,687/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 38% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $73K locally vs. $72K nationally, a 1% difference.

Wyoming pays $73K median vs. the U.S. average of $72K — that’s +1%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 95.16), the purchasing-power equivalent is $76K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $72,530 a year, that works out to about $35 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $44,790, and experienced sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products can clear $166,850. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,951/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 20.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Wyoming has a Regional Price Parity of 95.16 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products salary is worth about $76,219 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.