Sales Development Representative salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Pay in Flagstaff against Arizona and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Flagstaff earns $47,460–$91,120. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $121,950, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,230) is 13% 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 $43,660 wide, against $48,530 across Arizona and $52,810 nationally: employers in Flagstaff pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,400 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $25,260, or about $32,594 once benefits are added. 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 Flagstaff, and the Arizona statewide median of $72,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Flagstaff

At the $65,860 median, a local hire costs about $84,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,121 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 Flagstaff

Of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between project coordinators ($77,940) and executive assistants ($65,170). Accountant is the highest at $77,980.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff (-5.9%), between administrative assistants (-3.2%) and accountants (-6.8%). The typical role here is at -7.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Flagstaff, 7.5% across Arizona and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $57,200 in Yuma to $74,910 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $17,710 a year. Of the 6 areas in Arizona with more sales development representatives than Flagstaff, 5 pay less, the largest of them Tucson, AZ ($62,900), Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ ($61,440) and Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ ($64,820).

Flagstaff against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Flagstaff is #373 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 Arizona, Carson City and Grand Rapids-Wyoming pay just above Flagstaff and Indianapolis-Carmel and Madison just below. All four are within $480 a year of the median in Flagstaff. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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