Sales Development Representative salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC

Pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against South Carolina and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $123,200 or more, 4.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of sales development representatives in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton earns $39,000–$79,560. The mean ($66,490) is 29% 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 $40,560 wide, against $43,210 across South Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton 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 $27,990 over the median, the 25th only $12,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,116 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, and the South Carolina statewide median of $58,510 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

At the $51,570 median, a local hire costs about $66,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,972 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

Of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($53,930) and bookkeepers ($50,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton (-26.3%); data entry specialists come first (+19.2%). The typical role here is at -10.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 8.1% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 8.5% across South Carolina and 8.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $46,930 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $62,600 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $15,670 a year. Of the 5 areas in South Carolina with more sales development representatives than Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 2 pay less: Greenville-Anderson, SC ($51,460) and Columbia, SC ($48,570).

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton is #188 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 South Carolina, Gettysburg and Auburn-Opelika pay just above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Lubbock and Fairbanks-College just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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