Sales Development Representative salary in Columbia, MO

Pay in Columbia against Missouri and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Columbia earns $33,120–$75,170. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,060, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($57,670) is 25% 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 $42,050 wide, between the figure for Missouri ($41,570) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $29,030 over the median, the 25th only $13,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,458 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 Columbia, and the Missouri statewide median of $60,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Columbia

At the $46,140 median, a local hire costs about $59,535 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,395 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 Columbia

Of the 16 roles we track in Columbia, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($47,620) and medical administrative assistants ($41,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,870.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Columbia (-34.1%); HR assistants come first (-3.0%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Columbia than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Columbia, 5.1% across Missouri and 8.0% 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 Columbia, 1 pays less: the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($45,610).

Columbia against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Columbia is #288 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, Johnson City and Hammond pay just above Columbia and Lakeland-Winter Haven and Hanford-Corcoran just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Columbia. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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