Sales Development Representative salary in Jackson, MS

Pay in Jackson against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Jackson earns $35,300–$68,690. The top tenth earns $100,200 or more, 3.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($57,250) is 23% 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 $33,390 wide, between the figure for Mississippi ($28,920) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,220 over the median, the 25th only $11,170 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,671 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 Jackson, and the Mississippi statewide median of $48,440 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 Jackson

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 $13,491 to the $46,470 median and brings it to $59,961 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 Jackson

Of the 17 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($46,600) and e-commerce order specialists ($45,780). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,150.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Jackson (-33.6%); e-commerce order specialists come first (-0.8%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Jackson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Jackson 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. No other area in Mississippi has as many sales development representatives, and 2 of the other 6 pay less.

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #145 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, Florence-Muscle Shoals and Sebring pay just above Jackson and Jacksonville and Mansfield just below. All four are within $530 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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