Sales Development Representative salary in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA

Pay in Blacksburg-Christiansburg against Virginia and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Blacksburg-Christiansburg earns $43,340–$84,790. The top tenth earns $129,940 or more, 4.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($70,890) is 27% 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 $41,450 wide, against $58,700 across Virginia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg 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 $28,770 over the median, the 25th only $12,680 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,123 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $72,640 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg

At the $56,020 median, a local hire costs about $72,284 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,264 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($58,320) and HR assistants ($51,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,070.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg (-20.0%), between payroll specialists (-19.7%) and marketing specialists (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Blacksburg-Christiansburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.7% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 10.6% across Virginia and 8.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $51,950 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,720 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $16,770 a year. Of the 10 areas in Virginia with more sales development representatives than Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 2 pay less: the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($51,950) and the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area ($53,250).

Blacksburg-Christiansburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Blacksburg-Christiansburg is #364 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Chattanooga and Salisbury pay just above Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Victoria and Paducah just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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