Sales Development Representative salary in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY

Pay in Huntington-Ashland against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Huntington-Ashland earns $36,190–$69,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,690, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,370) is 24% 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 $33,290 wide, against $35,760 across West Virginia and $52,810 nationally: employers in Huntington-Ashland 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 $20,620 over the median, the 25th only $12,670 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,606 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Huntington-Ashland, and the West Virginia statewide median of $50,240 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in Huntington-Ashland

At the $48,860 median, a local hire costs about $63,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,185 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 Huntington-Ashland

Of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($51,880) and payroll specialists ($46,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland (-30.2%); data entry specialists come first (-11.9%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Huntington-Ashland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Huntington-Ashland, 3.6% across West 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 West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $44,230 in Wheeling to $52,740 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $8,510 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many sales development representatives, and 5 of the other 8 pay less.

Huntington-Ashland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Huntington-Ashland is #251 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 West Virginia, Merced and McAllen-Edinburg pay just above Huntington-Ashland and Panama City-Panama City Beach and Jonesboro just below. All four are within $490 a year of the median in Huntington-Ashland. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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