Sales Development Representative salary in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines against Iowa and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Des Moines-West Des Moines earns $46,390–$92,290. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $125,420, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,280) is 12% 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 $45,900 wide, between the figure for Iowa ($41,270) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $19,120 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $26,780, or about $34,555 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 Des Moines-West Des Moines, and the Iowa statewide median of $62,420 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Des Moines-West Des Moines

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 $19,019 to the $65,510 median and brings it to $84,529 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 Des Moines-West Des Moines

Of the 17 roles we track in Des Moines-West Des Moines, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($71,600) and executive assistants ($64,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,150.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Des Moines-West Des Moines (-6.4%), between recruiters (-5.7%) and e-commerce order specialists (-6.8%). The typical role here is at -1.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Des Moines-West Des Moines than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Des Moines-West Des Moines, 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. No other area in Iowa has as many sales development representatives, and 10 of the other 11 pay less.

Des Moines-West Des Moines against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Des Moines-West Des Moines is #71 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Iowa, Santa Cruz-Watsonville and Sheboygan pay just above Des Moines-West Des Moines and Kennewick-Richland and Utica-Rome just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in Des Moines-West Des Moines. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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