Sales Development Representative salary in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay in Gulfport-Biloxi against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Gulfport-Biloxi earns $38,650–$61,840. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,990, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($58,240) 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 $23,190 wide, against $28,920 across Mississippi and $52,810 nationally: employers in Gulfport-Biloxi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,320 a year in pay and about $17,187 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,870 in pay. 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, and the Mississippi statewide median of $48,440 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in Gulfport-Biloxi

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 $14,086 to the $48,520 median and brings it to $62,606 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

Of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($54,820) and HR assistants ($47,070). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,200.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi (-30.7%); HR assistants come first (-7.0%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Gulfport-Biloxi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gulfport-Biloxi and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $45,240 in Hattiesburg to $49,990 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, a gap of $4,750 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more sales development representatives, Jackson, MS ($46,470), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Gulfport-Biloxi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gulfport-Biloxi is #267 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 Mississippi, Columbia and Bowling Green pay just above Gulfport-Biloxi and Cape Girardeau and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Gulfport-Biloxi. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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