Sales Development Representative salary in Erie, PA

Pay in Erie against Pennsylvania and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $121,440, 3.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Erie earns $39,170–$78,620. The mean ($65,950) 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 $39,450 wide, against $49,800 across Pennsylvania and $52,810 nationally: employers in Erie 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 $22,410 a year in pay and about $28,916 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,040 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 Erie, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $64,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Erie

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $16,319 to the $56,210 median and brings it to $72,529 a year. 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 Erie

Of the 17 roles we track in Erie, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($58,820) and paralegals ($56,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,590.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Erie (-19.7%), between accountants (-16.3%) and recruiters (-19.9%). The typical role here is at -10.9%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Erie than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Erie, 7.0% across Pennsylvania and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $51,640 in Gettysburg to $71,020 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $19,380 a year. All 9 areas in Pennsylvania with more sales development representatives than Erie also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($71,020) and Pittsburgh, PA ($63,370).

Erie against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Erie is #255 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Greenville pay just above Erie and Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Macon-Bibb County just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Erie. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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