Sales Development Representative salary in Bellingham, WA

Pay in Bellingham against Washington and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Bellingham earns $47,660–$100,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $131,220, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($79,760) is 11% 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 $52,810 wide, between the figure for Washington ($47,960) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $28,570 a year in pay and about $36,865 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $24,240 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 25th percentile and the median in Bellingham, and the Washington statewide median of $79,920 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Bellingham

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 $20,874 to the $71,900 median and brings it to $92,774 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 Bellingham

Of the 16 roles we track in Bellingham, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($76,530) and payroll specialists ($64,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,400.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Bellingham (+2.7%), between recruiters (+2.9%) and accountants (+2.1%). The typical role here is at +4.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Bellingham, 5.5% across Washington and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $57,680 in Yakima to $82,540 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $24,860 a year. Of the 5 areas in Washington with more sales development representatives than Bellingham, 3 pay less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($69,950), Kennewick-Richland, WA ($65,370) and the Western Washington nonmetro area ($70,790).

Bellingham against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bellingham is #287 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 Washington, Sacramento-Roseville and Albany pay just above Bellingham and Kingston and Reno just below. All four are within $720 a year of the median in Bellingham. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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