Sales Development Representative salary in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Pay in Kalamazoo-Portage against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Kalamazoo-Portage earns $48,060–$87,930. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $119,990, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,920) is 17% 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 $39,870 wide, against $53,780 across Michigan and $52,810 nationally: employers in Kalamazoo-Portage 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 $26,510 over the median, the 25th only $13,360 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,206 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kalamazoo-Portage

At the $61,420 median, a local hire costs about $79,252 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,832 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 Kalamazoo-Portage

Of the 17 roles we track in Kalamazoo-Portage, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($61,820) and payroll specialists ($61,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,590.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Kalamazoo-Portage (-12.2%), between accountants (-7.8%) and recruiters (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Kalamazoo-Portage than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Kalamazoo-Portage, 6.7% across Michigan and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 5 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than Kalamazoo-Portage, 1 pays less: Flint, MI ($61,110).

Kalamazoo-Portage against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kalamazoo-Portage is #229 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, La Crosse-Onalaska and Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay just above Kalamazoo-Portage and Provo-Orem and Watertown-Fort Drum just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Kalamazoo-Portage. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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