Sales Development Representative salary in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $39,700–$78,120. The top tenth earns $121,430 or more, 4.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($66,470) is 17% 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 $38,420 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,330, or about $27,523 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 the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $56,790 median, a local hire costs about $73,277 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,487 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 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($58,900) and marketing specialists ($55,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,270.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-18.9%), between virtual receptionists (-18.5%) and customer support specialists (-20.4%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,460 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $80,460 in Midland, a gap of $36,000 a year. Of the 23 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 11 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($50,610), El Paso, TX ($45,200) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($49,350).

the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #196 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Yuma and Davenport-Moline pay just above the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Sandusky and Enid just below. All four are within $460 a year of the median in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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