Sales Development Representative salary in Gainesville, GA

Pay in Gainesville against Georgia and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Gainesville earns $43,520–$79,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $112,380, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,600) is 20% 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 $36,470 wide, against $55,400 across Georgia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Gainesville 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 $22,720 over the median, the 25th only $13,750 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,316 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 Gainesville, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,280 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

At the $57,270 median, a local hire costs about $73,897 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,627 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 17 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($62,760) and payroll specialists ($56,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville (-18.2%); data entry specialists come first (+0.2%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Gainesville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gainesville, 9.2% across Georgia and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $48,120 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $78,950 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $30,830 a year. All 5 areas in Georgia with more sales development representatives than Gainesville also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($78,950) and Savannah, GA ($61,510).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #214 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Wildwood-The Villages pay just above Gainesville and Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Davenport-Moline just below. All four are within $170 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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