Sales Development Representative salary in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

Pay in Davenport-Moline against Iowa and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Davenport-Moline earns $42,480–$79,890. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $109,010, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,420) is 20% 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 $37,410 wide, against $41,270 across Iowa and $52,810 nationally: employers in Davenport-Moline 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 $22,640 over the median, the 25th only $14,770 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,213 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 Davenport-Moline, and the Iowa statewide median of $62,420 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Davenport-Moline

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 $16,621 to the $57,250 median and brings it to $73,871 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 Davenport-Moline

Of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($60,420) and paralegals ($57,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,880.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline (-18.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-14.5%) and executive assistants (-21.1%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Davenport-Moline than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Davenport-Moline, 4.8% across Iowa and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $47,120 in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area to $67,360 in Cedar Rapids, a gap of $20,240 a year. The one area in Iowa with more sales development representatives, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($65,510), also pays more.

Davenport-Moline against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Davenport-Moline is #132 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Gainesville pay just above Davenport-Moline and Yuma and Sandusky just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in Davenport-Moline. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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