Sales Development Representative salary in Boulder, CO

Pay in Boulder against Colorado and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Boulder earns $65,930–$134,910. The top tenth earns $184,770 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($109,180) is 9% 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 $68,980 wide, wider than in Colorado as a whole ($55,750) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in Boulder depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $34,060 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $34,920, or about $45,058 once benefits are added. 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 Boulder, and the Colorado statewide median of $79,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Boulder

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 $29,029 to the $99,990 median and brings it to $129,019 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 Boulder

Of the 17 roles we track in Boulder, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($99,990) and marketing specialists ($97,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $122,040.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Boulder (+42.9%); executive assistants come last (+3.4%). The typical role here is at +13.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Boulder than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 13.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Boulder, 11.9% across Colorado and 8.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,610 in Grand Junction to $99,990 in Boulder, a gap of $33,380 a year. The one area in Colorado with more sales development representatives, Denver-Aurora, CO ($80,650), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Boulder against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Boulder is #61 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Colorado, San Jose-Sunnyvale pay just above Boulder and San Francisco-Oakland and New York-Newark just below. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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