Sales Development Representative salary in Canton-Massillon, OH

Pay in Canton-Massillon against Ohio and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $106,510, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Canton-Massillon earns $38,350–$78,930. The mean ($65,490) is 16% 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 $40,580 wide, between the figure for Ohio ($40,100) 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 $22,550 a year in pay and about $29,097 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,030 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 median and the 75th percentile in Canton-Massillon, and the Ohio statewide median of $59,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Canton-Massillon

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 $16,368 to the $56,380 median and brings it to $72,748 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 Canton-Massillon

Of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,770) and e-commerce order specialists ($46,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,530.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon (-19.4%), between project coordinators (-19.3%) and marketing specialists (-24.3%). The typical role here is at -11.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Canton-Massillon than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Canton-Massillon, 7.5% across Ohio and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $46,370 in Mansfield to $61,640 in Dayton-Kettering, a gap of $15,270 a year. Of the 7 areas in Ohio with more sales development representatives than Canton-Massillon, 2 pay less: Toledo, OH ($53,470) and the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($53,890).

Canton-Massillon against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Canton-Massillon is #166 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Hinesville and Staunton-Stuarts Draft pay just above Canton-Massillon and Redding and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Canton-Massillon. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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