Sales Development Representative salary in Auburn-Opelika, AL

Pay in Auburn-Opelika against Alabama and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Auburn-Opelika earns $43,970–$76,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,260, only 2.7 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($62,560) is 21% 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 $32,110 wide, against $34,160 across Alabama and $52,810 nationally: employers in Auburn-Opelika 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 $24,360 over the median, the 25th only $7,750 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,432 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 Auburn-Opelika, and the Alabama statewide median of $58,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Auburn-Opelika

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 $15,015 to the $51,720 median and brings it to $66,735 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 Auburn-Opelika

Of the 15 roles we track in Auburn-Opelika, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($59,310) and HR assistants ($51,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,690.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 15 roles we track in Auburn-Opelika (-26.1%), between marketing specialists (-24.3%) and paralegals (-31.2%). The typical role here is at -17.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Auburn-Opelika than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Auburn-Opelika, 5.9% across Alabama and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $46,570 in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area to $64,460 in Huntsville, a gap of $17,890 a year. Of the 7 areas in Alabama with more sales development representatives than Auburn-Opelika, 3 pay less: Montgomery, AL ($51,490), the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($49,230) and Tuscaloosa, AL ($49,640).

Auburn-Opelika against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Auburn-Opelika is #326 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 Alabama, College Station-Bryan and Monroe pay just above Auburn-Opelika and Gettysburg and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Auburn-Opelika. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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