Sales Development Representative salary in the East Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the East Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $84,350, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in the East Tennessee nonmetro area earns $31,160–$62,130. The mean ($50,260) is 33% 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 $30,970 wide, against $38,320 across Tennessee and $52,810 nationally: employers in the East Tennessee nonmetro area 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 $24,260 over the median, the 25th only $6,710 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,303 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $60,230 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in the East Tennessee nonmetro area

At the $37,870 median, a local hire costs about $48,865 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,995 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 the East Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($39,440) and customer support specialists ($36,510). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,910.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area (-45.9%); bookkeepers come first (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -17.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the East Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, 6.9% across Tennessee and 8.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $37,870 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $62,930 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $25,060 a year. All 5 areas in Tennessee with more sales development representatives than the East Tennessee nonmetro area also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($62,930) and Memphis, TN-MS ($59,140).

the East Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Tennessee nonmetro area is #215 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No metro area outside Tennessee pays sales development representatives less than the East Tennessee nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside Tennessee. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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