Sales Development Representative salary in El Paso, TX

Pay in El Paso against Texas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in El Paso earns $37,710–$65,640. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,790, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($57,290) is 27% 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 $27,930 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in El Paso 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 $20,440 over the median, the 25th only $7,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,374 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 El Paso, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 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 El Paso

At the $45,200 median, a local hire costs about $58,323 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,123 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 El Paso

Of the 17 roles we track in El Paso, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($48,620) and HR assistants ($45,020). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,920.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in El Paso (-35.4%), between data entry specialists (-24.5%) and marketing specialists (-35.7%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in El Paso than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 10.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in El Paso, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a bigger 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. All 4 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than El Paso also pay more, among them Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($63,280) and Houston-Pasadena, TX ($63,090).

El Paso against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, El Paso is #49 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Hattiesburg and Morgantown pay just above El Paso and Beckley and Joplin just below. All four are within $890 a year of the median in El Paso. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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