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

Yes — at the median salary of $131K, rent takes 13.7% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,066/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products typically earn — is $72K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,339/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 25% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay is 25% above the national median — $131K here vs. $105K nationally.

Kansas pays $131K median vs. the U.S. average of $105K — that’s +25%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $146K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $130,850 a year, that works out to about $63 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $72,310, and experienced sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products can clear $211,230. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $7,782/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 13.7% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Kansas has a Regional Price Parity of 89.54 (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, technical and scientific products salary is worth about $146,136 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.