Sales Development Representative salary in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Pay in Athens-Clarke County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Athens-Clarke County earns $36,450–$79,800. The top tenth earns $102,020 or more, 3.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($61,880) is 25% 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 $43,350 wide, against $55,400 across Georgia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Athens-Clarke County 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 $30,260 over the median, the 25th only $13,090 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $39,045 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 Athens-Clarke County, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,280 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Athens-Clarke County

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 $14,383 to the $49,540 median and brings it to $63,923 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 Athens-Clarke County

Of the 15 roles we track in Athens-Clarke County, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($52,920) and paralegals ($48,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,430.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 15 roles we track in Athens-Clarke County (-29.2%); bookkeepers come first (-6.5%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Athens-Clarke County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Athens-Clarke County, 9.3% across Georgia and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $48,120 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $78,950 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $30,830 a year. All 10 areas in Georgia with more sales development representatives than Athens-Clarke County also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($78,950) and Savannah, GA ($61,510).

Athens-Clarke County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Athens-Clarke County is #286 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Tuscaloosa and Chico pay just above Athens-Clarke County and Parkersburg-Vienna and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Athens-Clarke County. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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