Sales Development Representative salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Pay in Ann Arbor against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Ann Arbor earns $50,560–$106,470. The top tenth earns $151,390 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($86,100) is 14% 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 $55,910 wide, wider than in Michigan as a whole ($53,780) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in Ann Arbor depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $31,160 a year in pay and about $40,206 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $24,750 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 25th percentile and the median in Ann Arbor, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Ann Arbor

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 $21,864 to the $75,310 median and brings it to $97,174 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 Ann Arbor

Of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($77,770) and executive assistants ($74,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,690.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor (+7.6%), between e-commerce order specialists (+9.0%) and administrative assistants (+6.4%). The typical role here is at +1.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Ann Arbor than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Ann Arbor, 6.7% across Michigan and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 2 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than Ann Arbor, 1 pays less: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($66,340).

Ann Arbor against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ann Arbor is #138 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Michigan, Greeley and Colorado Springs pay just above Ann Arbor and Olympia-Lacey and Phoenix-Mesa just below. All four are within $520 a year of the median in Ann Arbor. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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