Sales Development Representative salary in Fargo, ND-MN

Pay in Fargo against North Dakota and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $140,140, 3.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Fargo earns $43,610–$101,900. The mean ($79,840) is 25% 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 $58,290 wide, between the figure for North Dakota ($68,960) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $38,100 over the median, the 25th only $20,190 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $49,161 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 median and the 75th percentile in Fargo, and the North Dakota statewide median of $66,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fargo

At the $63,800 median, a local hire costs about $82,323 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,523 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 Fargo

Of the 15 roles we track in Fargo, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,090) and marketing specialists ($61,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,430.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in Fargo (-8.8%), between accountants (-8.7%) and executive assistants (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -2.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Fargo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Fargo, 4.8% across North Dakota and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $43,930 in Grand Forks to $116,840 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $72,910 a year. No other area in North Dakota has as many sales development representatives, and 4 of the other 5 pay less.

Fargo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fargo is #195 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Syracuse and St. George pay just above Fargo and Norwich-New London and Racine-Mount Pleasant just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Fargo. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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