Sales Development Representative salary in Bridgeport-Stamford, CT

Pay in Bridgeport-Stamford against Connecticut and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $164,960, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Bridgeport-Stamford earns $61,030–$118,710. The mean ($94,240) is 20% 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 $57,680 wide, wider than in Connecticut as a whole ($47,760) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in Bridgeport-Stamford depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $40,330 over the median, the 25th only $17,350 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $52,039 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 25th percentile and the median in Bridgeport-Stamford, and the Connecticut statewide median of $76,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bridgeport-Stamford

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 $22,755 to the $78,380 median and brings it to $101,135 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 Bridgeport-Stamford

Of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($79,770) and payroll specialists ($64,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,990.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford (+12.0%), between recruiters (+12.7%) and customer support specialists (+11.6%). The typical role here is at +12.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Bridgeport-Stamford, 6.4% across Connecticut and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $63,750 in Norwich-New London to $78,380 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $14,630 a year. The one area in Connecticut with more sales development representatives, Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($74,220), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Bridgeport-Stamford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bridgeport-Stamford is #60 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 Connecticut, Lawrence and Atlanta-Sandy Springs pay just above Bridgeport-Stamford and Washington-Arlington and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $620 a year of the median in Bridgeport-Stamford. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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