Sales Development Representative salary in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Central Indiana nonmetro area earns $40,770–$79,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $106,940, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,500) is 15% 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 $38,540 wide, against $43,800 across Indiana and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Central Indiana nonmetro area 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 $19,790 a year in pay and about $25,535 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,750 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 the Central Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $63,960 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

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 $17,280 to the $59,520 median and brings it to $76,800 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 the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,010) and executive assistants ($52,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,700.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area (-15.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-13.8%) and recruiters (-19.0%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, 8.2% across Indiana and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $53,660 in Kokomo to $65,850 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $12,190 a year. Of the 6 areas in Indiana with more sales development representatives than the Central Indiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($59,410).

the Central Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Indiana nonmetro area is #236 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Decatur and Tampa-St. Petersburg pay just above the Central Indiana nonmetro area and Dalton and Spartanburg just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Central Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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