Sales Development Representative salary in Florence, SC

Pay in Florence against South Carolina and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $107,200, 4.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Florence earns $37,560–$78,160. The mean ($61,400) is 24% 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 $40,600 wide, against $43,210 across South Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in Florence 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 $28,810 over the median, the 25th only $11,790 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,174 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 Florence, and the South Carolina statewide median of $58,510 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Florence

At the $49,350 median, a local hire costs about $63,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,327 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 Florence

Of the 14 roles we track in Florence, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($51,860) and paralegals ($48,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,400.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 14 roles we track in Florence (-29.5%); bookkeepers come first (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -15.7%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Florence than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Florence, 8.5% across South Carolina and 8.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $46,930 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $62,600 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $15,670 a year. Of the 6 areas in South Carolina with more sales development representatives than Florence, 1 pays less: Columbia, SC ($48,570).

Florence against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Florence is #266 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Eagle Pass and Parkersburg-Vienna pay just above Florence and McAllen-Edinburg and Merced just below. All four are within $350 a year of the median in Florence. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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