Sales Development Representative salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Pay in Cedar Rapids against Iowa and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Cedar Rapids earns $45,360–$84,910. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $121,570, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $39,550 wide, against $41,270 across Iowa and $52,810 nationally: employers in Cedar Rapids pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,550 a year in pay and about $22,645 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $22,000 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 Cedar Rapids, and the Iowa statewide median of $62,420 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Cedar Rapids

At the $67,360 median, a local hire costs about $86,916 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,556 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 Cedar Rapids

Of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($77,180) and office managers ($63,730). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,760.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids (-3.8%), between virtual receptionists (-0.8%) and bookkeepers (-3.9%). The typical role here is at -8.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Cedar Rapids than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Cedar Rapids, 4.8% across Iowa and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $47,120 in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area to $67,360 in Cedar Rapids, a gap of $20,240 a year. All 2 areas in Iowa with more sales development representatives than Cedar Rapids pay less, among them Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($65,510) and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($57,250).

Cedar Rapids against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cedar Rapids is #176 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Iowa, Rochester and Albany-Schenectady pay just above Cedar Rapids and Lansing-East Lansing and Rochester just below. All four are within $690 a year of the median in Cedar Rapids. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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