Sales Development Representative salary in Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ

Pay in Allentown-Bethlehem against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Allentown-Bethlehem earns $47,610–$82,130. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,620, only 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,960) is 16% 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 only $34,520 wide, against $49,800 across Pennsylvania and $52,810 nationally: employers in Allentown-Bethlehem pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,720 over the median, the 25th only $11,800 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,316 a year in employer cost. 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 Allentown-Bethlehem, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $64,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Allentown-Bethlehem

At the $59,410 median, a local hire costs about $76,658 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,248 here. 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 Allentown-Bethlehem

Of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($61,000) and payroll specialists ($57,780). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,050.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem (-15.1%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+3.3%). The typical role here is at -3.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Allentown-Bethlehem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 10.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Allentown-Bethlehem, 7.0% across Pennsylvania and 7.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $51,640 in Gettysburg to $71,020 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $19,380 a year. All 2 areas in Pennsylvania with more sales development representatives than Allentown-Bethlehem also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($71,020) and Pittsburgh, PA ($63,370).

Allentown-Bethlehem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Allentown-Bethlehem is #54 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 Pennsylvania, Springfield and Wausau pay just above Allentown-Bethlehem and Knoxville and Columbus just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Allentown-Bethlehem. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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