Sales Development Representative salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area earns $44,930–$90,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $133,870, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($75,750) is 21% 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 $46,060 wide, against $72,240 across New York and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area 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 $28,600 over the median, the 25th only $17,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,903 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $92,190 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

At the $62,390 median, a local hire costs about $80,503 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,113 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($66,620) and marketing specialists ($59,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,210.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area (-10.9%), between accountants (-8.6%) and paralegals (-23.9%). The typical role here is at -4.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 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 9 areas in New York with more sales development representatives than the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($60,540).

the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area is #292 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Salem and Greensboro-High Point pay just above the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area and Monroe and Evansville just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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