Sales Development Representative salary in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Central Missouri nonmetro area earns $36,900–$72,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $93,020, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($58,230) is 24% 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 $35,140 wide, against $41,570 across Missouri and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Central Missouri 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 $24,940 over the median, the 25th only $10,200 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,181 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 Central Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $60,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

At the $47,100 median, a local hire costs about $60,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,674 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 Central Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,120) and paralegals ($47,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,080.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area (-32.7%), between project coordinators (-27.6%) and executive assistants (-35.1%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Central Missouri nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 5.1% across Missouri and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $39,360 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $64,950 in Kansas City, a gap of $25,590 a year. Of the 4 areas in Missouri with more sales development representatives than the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($45,610).

the Central Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Missouri nonmetro area is #291 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, Sumter and Anniston-Oxford pay just above the Central Missouri nonmetro area and Gadsden and Sebring just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Central Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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