Sales Development Representative salary in Albuquerque, NM

Pay in Albuquerque against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Albuquerque earns $38,610–$79,150. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $111,230, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($65,540) is 13% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $40,540 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($39,380) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,240 a year in pay and about $27,406 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,300 in pay. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $69,990 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Albuquerque, and the New Mexico statewide median of $61,880 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Albuquerque

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $16,813 to the $57,910 median and brings it to $74,723 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Albuquerque

Of the 17 roles we track in Albuquerque, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($59,370) and payroll specialists ($54,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,730.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Albuquerque (-17.3%), between e-commerce order specialists (-16.7%) and marketing specialists (-21.2%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Albuquerque than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Albuquerque, 4.0% across New Mexico and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $57,910 in Albuquerque to $93,710 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $35,800 a year. No other area in New Mexico has as many sales development representatives, and none of the others pays less.

Albuquerque against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Albuquerque is #97 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New Mexico, Morristown and Lewiston-Auburn pay just above Albuquerque and Asheville and Abilene just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Albuquerque. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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