Sales Development Representative salary in Gainesville, FL

Pay in Gainesville against Florida and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Gainesville earns $43,110–$79,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $116,390, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,880) is 16% 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 $36,150 wide, against $40,930 across Florida and $52,810 nationally: employers in Gainesville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $16,910 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,240, or about $24,826 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 Gainesville, and the Florida statewide median of $60,660 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

At the $60,020 median, a local hire costs about $77,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,425 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 Gainesville

Of the 16 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($61,910) and recruiters ($57,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,630.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Gainesville (-14.2%), between customer support specialists (-13.9%) and administrative assistants (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -13.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Gainesville, 9.3% across Florida and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $46,070 in Lakeland-Winter Haven to $64,410 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $18,340 a year. Of the 14 areas in Florida with more sales development representatives than Gainesville, 8 pay less, the largest of them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($58,870), Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($59,600) and North Port-Bradenton, FL ($57,780).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #161 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Birmingham and Medford pay just above Gainesville and Albany and Cincinnati just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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