Sales Development Representative salary in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Pay in Charleston-North Charleston against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Charleston-North Charleston earns $44,990–$82,990. The top tenth earns $131,640 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($74,290) is 19% 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 $38,000 wide, against $43,210 across South Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in Charleston-North Charleston 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 $20,390 a year in pay and about $26,310 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,610 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 Charleston-North Charleston, and the South Carolina statewide median of $58,510 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Charleston-North Charleston

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 $18,174 to the $62,600 median and brings it to $80,774 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 Charleston-North Charleston

Of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,470) and paralegals ($57,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston (-10.6%), between paralegals (-9.3%) and executive assistants (-14.5%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Charleston-North Charleston than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 10.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charleston-North Charleston, 8.4% across South Carolina and 7.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $46,930 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $62,600 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $15,670 a year. The one area in South Carolina with more sales development representatives, Greenville-Anderson, SC ($51,460), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Charleston-North Charleston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charleston-North Charleston is #47 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside South Carolina, Bakersfield-Delano and Sioux Falls pay just above Charleston-North Charleston and Chambersburg and Greensboro-High Point just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Charleston-North Charleston. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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