Sales Development Representative salary in Detroit-Warren, MI

Pay in Detroit-Warren against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Detroit-Warren earns $51,010–$105,840. The top tenth earns $150,360 or more, 3.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($86,800) is 13% 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 $54,830 wide, wider than in Michigan as a whole ($53,780) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in Detroit-Warren depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $25,980 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $28,850, or about $37,226 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 25th percentile and the median in Detroit-Warren, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Detroit-Warren

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 $22,352 to the $76,990 median and brings it to $99,342 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 Detroit-Warren

Of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($77,100) and recruiters ($75,830). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,350.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren (+10.0%); medical administrative assistants come last (-7.9%). The typical role here is at -0.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Detroit-Warren than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Detroit-Warren, 6.7% across Michigan and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. No other area in Michigan has as many sales development representatives, and all 18 others pay less.

Detroit-Warren against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Detroit-Warren is #20 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 Michigan, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Fort Collins-Loveland pay just above Detroit-Warren and New Haven and Waterbury-Shelton just below. All four are within $440 a year of the median in Detroit-Warren. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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