Sales Development Representative salary in Honolulu, HI

Pay in Honolulu against Hawaii and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Honolulu earns $47,050–$80,880. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,100, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,370) is 12% 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 $33,830 wide, against $36,120 across Hawaii and $52,810 nationally: employers in Honolulu pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,660 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,170, or about $24,735 once benefits are added. 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 Honolulu, and the Hawaii statewide median of $58,500 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Honolulu

At the $61,710 median, a local hire costs about $79,626 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,916 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 Honolulu

Of the 17 roles we track in Honolulu, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($62,840) and payroll specialists ($60,810). Executive Assistant is the highest at $80,600.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Honolulu (-11.8%), between accountants (-10.4%) and marketing specialists (-20.0%). The typical role here is at -0.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Honolulu than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Honolulu, 6.4% across Hawaii and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Hawaii

Across the 3 areas of Hawaii with data for this job, the median runs from $40,490 in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area to $61,710 in Honolulu, a gap of $21,220 a year. No other area in Hawaii has as many sales development representatives, and both others pay less.

Honolulu against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Honolulu is #70 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Hawaii, Duluth and Lincoln pay just above Honolulu and New Orleans-Metairie and Dayton-Kettering just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Honolulu. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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