Sales Development Representative salary in Greenville, NC

Pay in Greenville against North Carolina and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $132,910, 3.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Greenville earns $41,060–$82,460. The mean ($70,810) is 26% 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 $41,400 wide, against $51,270 across North Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in Greenville 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 $26,210 over the median, the 25th only $15,190 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,819 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 Greenville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greenville

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $16,331 to the $56,250 median and brings it to $72,581 a year. 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 Greenville

Of the 16 roles we track in Greenville, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($58,850) and payroll specialists ($54,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,540.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Greenville (-19.6%), between customer support specialists (-18.9%) and paralegals (-24.4%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Greenville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Greenville, 8.8% across North Carolina and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $45,900 in Goldsboro to $72,460 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $26,560 a year. Of the 12 areas in North Carolina with more sales development representatives than Greenville, 1 pays less: Fayetteville, NC ($54,450).

Greenville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville is #239 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre pay just above Greenville and Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Erie just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Greenville. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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