Sales Development Representative salary in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

Pay in Elkhart-Goshen against Indiana and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Elkhart-Goshen earns $48,220–$79,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $106,130, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,120) is 12% 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 $31,040 wide, against $43,800 across Indiana and $52,810 nationally: employers in Elkhart-Goshen pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,670 a year in pay and about $22,800 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,370 in pay. 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 Elkhart-Goshen, and the Indiana statewide median of $63,960 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Elkhart-Goshen

At the $61,590 median, a local hire costs about $79,471 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,881 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 Elkhart-Goshen

Of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,860) and executive assistants ($60,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,640.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen (-12.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-10.9%) and recruiters (-14.6%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Elkhart-Goshen than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Elkhart-Goshen, 8.2% across Indiana and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $53,660 in Kokomo to $65,850 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $12,190 a year. Of the 6 areas in Indiana with more sales development representatives than Elkhart-Goshen, 3 pay less: Fort Wayne, IN ($60,750), the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($59,410) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($60,720).

Elkhart-Goshen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Elkhart-Goshen is #235 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Dayton-Kettering and New Orleans-Metairie pay just above Elkhart-Goshen and Jacksonville and Richmond just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Elkhart-Goshen. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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