Sales Development Representative salary in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers against Florida and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Cape Coral-Fort Myers earns $43,460–$82,070. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $115,690, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,950) 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 only $38,610 wide, against $40,930 across Florida and $52,810 nationally: employers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 $24,450 over the median, the 25th only $14,160 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,548 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, and the Florida statewide median of $60,660 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers

At the $57,620 median, a local hire costs about $74,348 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,728 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers

Of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between paralegals ($60,700) and payroll specialists ($50,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,600.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers (-17.7%); virtual receptionists come first (-3.2%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Cape Coral-Fort Myers than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 9.5% across Florida and 8.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $46,070 in Lakeland-Winter Haven to $64,410 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $18,340 a year. All 5 areas in Florida with more sales development representatives than Cape Coral-Fort Myers also pay more, among them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($62,090) and Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($58,870).

Cape Coral-Fort Myers against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is #63 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Yakima and Beaumont-Port Arthur pay just above Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Bloomington and Saginaw just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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