Sales Development Representative salary in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, FL

Pay in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against Florida and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach earns $44,870–$83,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $126,820, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,760) 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 $38,820 wide, against $40,930 across Florida and $52,810 nationally: employers in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach 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 $21,580 a year in pay and about $27,845 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,240 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $60,660 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

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 $18,032 to the $62,110 median and brings it to $80,142 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

Of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,180) and paralegals ($55,960). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,180.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach (-11.3%), between paralegals (-11.0%) and customer support specialists (-12.4%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 9.3% across Florida and 7.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $46,070 in Lakeland-Winter Haven to $64,410 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $18,340 a year. Of the 13 areas in Florida with more sales development representatives than Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 12 pay less, the largest of them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($62,090), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($58,870) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($59,600).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach is #140 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Iowa City and Riverside-San Bernardino pay just above Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Traverse City and Longview just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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