Sales Development Representative salary in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Pay in Fort Smith against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Fort Smith earns $39,230–$69,140. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,980, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($59,980) 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 $29,910 wide, against $35,570 across Arkansas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Fort Smith 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 $20,930 over the median, the 25th only $8,980 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,006 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Fort Smith, and the Arkansas statewide median of $50,570 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in Fort Smith

At the $48,210 median, a local hire costs about $62,206 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,996 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 Fort Smith

Of the 16 roles we track in Fort Smith, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($50,220) and paralegals ($46,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,990.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Fort Smith (-31.1%), between recruiters (-28.6%) and executive assistants (-34.4%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Fort Smith than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Fort Smith, 5.4% across Arkansas and 8.0% 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. All 2 areas in Arkansas with more sales development representatives than Fort Smith also pay more, among them Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($52,770) and Fayetteville-Springdale, AR ($53,640).

Fort Smith against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Smith is #310 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 Arkansas, Logan and Killeen-Temple pay just above Fort Smith and Clarksville and Laredo just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Fort Smith. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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