Sales Development Representative salary in Baltimore-Columbia, MD

Pay in Baltimore-Columbia against Maryland and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $128,850, 3.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Baltimore-Columbia earns $43,600–$86,120. The mean ($72,470) is 17% 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 $42,520 wide, against $44,670 across Maryland and $52,810 nationally: employers in Baltimore-Columbia pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $24,280 a year in pay and about $31,329 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,240 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 Baltimore-Columbia, and the Maryland statewide median of $63,310 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Baltimore-Columbia

At the $61,840 median, a local hire costs about $79,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,954 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 Baltimore-Columbia

Of the 17 roles we track in Baltimore-Columbia, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($65,640) and payroll specialists ($60,330). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,720.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Baltimore-Columbia (-11.6%); HR assistants come first (+13.7%). The typical role here is at +3.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Baltimore-Columbia than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Baltimore-Columbia, 7.0% across Maryland and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $55,340 in the Maryland nonmetro area to $61,840 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $6,500 a year. No other area in Maryland has as many sales development representatives, and all 4 others pay less.

Baltimore-Columbia against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Baltimore-Columbia is #23 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 Maryland, Charlotte-Concord and Bloomington pay just above Baltimore-Columbia and Champaign-Urbana and Fresno just below. All four are within $20 a year of the median in Baltimore-Columbia. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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