Sales Development Representative salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Pay in Corpus Christi against Texas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Corpus Christi earns $40,480–$81,490. The top tenth earns $115,680 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($66,220) 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 $41,010 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Corpus Christi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,010 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,000, or about $30,968 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 Corpus Christi, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Corpus Christi

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 $16,691 to the $57,490 median and brings it to $74,181 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 Corpus Christi

Of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($59,770) and marketing specialists ($55,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,320.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi (-17.9%), between customer support specialists (-17.2%) and paralegals (-18.4%). The typical role here is at -16.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Corpus Christi, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,460 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $80,460 in Midland, a gap of $36,000 a year. Of the 9 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than Corpus Christi, 4 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($50,610), El Paso, TX ($45,200) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($49,350).

Corpus Christi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Corpus Christi is #124 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 Texas, Saginaw and Bloomington pay just above Corpus Christi and Wildwood-The Villages and Waterloo-Cedar Falls just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Corpus Christi. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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