Sales Development Representative salary in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Pay in Buffalo-Cheektowaga against New York and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Buffalo-Cheektowaga earns $48,800–$102,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $132,870, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($82,190) is 12% 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 $53,230 wide, between the figure for New York ($72,240) 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 $28,960 a year in pay and about $37,368 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $24,270 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, and the New York statewide median of $92,190 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga

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 $21,214 to the $73,070 median and brings it to $94,284 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga

Of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($74,510) and office managers ($70,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,180.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga (+4.4%); paralegals come last (-7.3%). The typical role here is at -1.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Buffalo-Cheektowaga than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 7.3% across New York and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $59,760 in Elmira to $93,750 in New York-Newark, a gap of $33,990 a year. Of the 2 areas in New York with more sales development representatives than Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 1 pays less: Rochester, NY ($67,400).

Buffalo-Cheektowaga against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Buffalo-Cheektowaga is #57 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 New York, Odessa and Napa pay just above Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara and Durham-Chapel Hill just below. All four are within $610 a year of the median in Buffalo-Cheektowaga. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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