Sales Development Representative salary in Duluth, MN-WI

Pay in Duluth against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Duluth earns $44,160–$81,890. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $125,800, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,900) 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 only $37,730 wide, against $51,350 across Minnesota and $52,810 nationally: employers in Duluth pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,550 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,180, or about $26,039 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 Duluth, and the Minnesota statewide median of $75,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Duluth

At the $61,710 median, a local hire costs about $79,626 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,916 here. 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 Duluth

Of the 15 roles we track in Duluth, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($63,380) and paralegals ($57,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,550.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 15 roles we track in Duluth (-11.8%), between recruiters (-11.7%) and marketing specialists (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Duluth than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Duluth, 6.6% across Minnesota and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $59,630 in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $77,120 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $17,490 a year. Of the 3 areas in Minnesota with more sales development representatives than Duluth, 2 pay less: the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($59,630) and St. Cloud, MN ($59,650).

Duluth against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Duluth is #238 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Lincoln and Bozeman pay just above Duluth and Honolulu and New Orleans-Metairie just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Duluth. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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