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

Yes — at the median salary of $99K, rent takes 23.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,501/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 $26K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,588/month. At HUD’s $1,501/month FMR, rent would take 95% 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 — $99K locally vs. $105K nationally, a 6% difference.

Nevada pays $99K median vs. the U.S. average of $105K — that’s -6%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 99.79), the purchasing-power equivalent is $99K — below the national median.

The median is $98,500 a year, that works out to about $47 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $26,470, and experienced sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products can clear $167,810. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,473/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,501/month, which eats 23.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Nevada has a Regional Price Parity of 99.79 (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 $98,707 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.