Sales Development Representative salary in Birmingham, AL

Pay in Birmingham against Alabama and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Birmingham earns $47,100–$83,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $117,770, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,940) is 18% 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 $35,930 wide, between the figure for Alabama ($34,160) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,990 over the median, the 25th only $12,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,665 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 Birmingham, and the Alabama statewide median of $58,840 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Birmingham

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 $17,431 to the $60,040 median and brings it to $77,471 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 Birmingham

Of the 16 roles we track in Birmingham, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,190) and paralegals ($53,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,820.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Birmingham (-14.2%), between recruiters (-10.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Birmingham than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.6% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Birmingham, 6.4% across Alabama and 8.5% 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. No other area in Alabama has as many sales development representatives, and 13 of the other 15 pay less.

Birmingham against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Birmingham is #51 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 Alabama, Medford and Eugene-Springfield pay just above Birmingham and Gainesville and Albany just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Birmingham. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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