Sales Development Representative salary in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area

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

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $115,410, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $38,080–$80,960. The mean ($65,470) 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 $42,880 wide, against $49,800 across Pennsylvania and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,710 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,170, or about $31,187 once benefits are added. 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 Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $64,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Pennsylvania 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 $16,487 to the $56,790 median and brings it to $73,277 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 Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,910) and payroll specialists ($52,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,860.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-18.9%), between executive assistants (-18.6%) and accountants (-21.3%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 7.0% across Pennsylvania and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $51,640 in Gettysburg to $71,020 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $19,380 a year. Of the 8 areas in Pennsylvania with more sales development representatives than the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($56,330).

the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #221 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Yuma and Davenport-Moline pay just above the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Sandusky and Enid just below. All four are within $460 a year of the median in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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