Sales Development Representative salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $138,550, 4.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $43,580–$77,160. The mean ($71,350) is 33% 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 $33,580 wide, against $35,570 across Arkansas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Fayetteville-Springdale 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 $23,520 over the median, the 25th only $10,060 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,348 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $50,570 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $53,640 median, a local hire costs about $69,213 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,573 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between recruiters ($58,830) and paralegals ($49,330). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-23.4%), between recruiters (-22.5%) and e-commerce order specialists (-47.5%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 5.4% across Arkansas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $40,040 in Hot Springs to $53,640 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $13,600 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more sales development representatives, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($52,770), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #95 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Arkansas, Kokomo and Ocala pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Sherman-Denison and Kahului-Wailuku just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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