Sales Development Representative salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Pay in Harrisonburg against Virginia and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Harrisonburg earns $44,640–$81,280. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,100, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($67,690) is 11% 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 $36,640 wide, against $58,700 across Virginia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Harrisonburg 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 $20,160 a year in pay and about $26,013 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,480 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 median and the 75th percentile in Harrisonburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $72,640 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Harrisonburg

At the $61,120 median, a local hire costs about $78,865 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,745 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 Harrisonburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($61,950) and payroll specialists ($56,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,680.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg (-12.7%), between customer support specialists (-12.7%) and project coordinators (-17.2%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Harrisonburg, 9.8% across Virginia and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $51,950 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,720 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $16,770 a year. Of the 9 areas in Virginia with more sales development representatives than Harrisonburg, 6 pay less, the largest of them Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($56,270), Roanoke, VA ($58,930) and Lynchburg, VA ($59,650).

Harrisonburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Harrisonburg is #343 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Battle Creek and Watertown-Fort Drum pay just above Harrisonburg and Flint and Lexington Park just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Harrisonburg. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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