Sales Development Representative salary in Columbus, GA-AL

Pay in Columbus against Georgia and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $150,120, 4.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Columbus earns $40,950–$93,020. The mean ($74,260) is 23% 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 $52,070 wide, against $55,400 across Georgia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Columbus 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 $32,460 over the median, the 25th only $19,610 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $41,884 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 Columbus, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,280 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Columbus

At the $60,560 median, a local hire costs about $78,142 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,582 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 Columbus

Of the 17 roles we track in Columbus, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($63,000) and office managers ($59,290). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,470.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Columbus (-13.5%), between data entry specialists (-12.3%) and marketing specialists (-13.6%). The typical role here is at -14.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Columbus, 9.2% across Georgia and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $48,120 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $78,950 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $30,830 a year. Of the 3 areas in Georgia with more sales development representatives than Columbus, 1 pays less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($57,350).

Columbus against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Columbus is #197 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Farmington and Fort Wayne pay just above Columbus and Peoria and Mobile just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Columbus. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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