Sales Development Representative salary in Lake Charles, LA

Pay in Lake Charles against Louisiana and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Lake Charles earns $37,690–$78,290. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,540, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,350) is 28% 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 $40,600 wide, against $44,430 across Louisiana and $52,810 nationally: employers in Lake Charles 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 $30,980 over the median, the 25th only $9,620 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $39,974 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 Lake Charles, and the Louisiana statewide median of $55,200 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lake Charles

At the $47,310 median, a local hire costs about $61,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,735 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 Lake Charles

Of the 14 roles we track in Lake Charles, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($48,970) and bookkeepers ($44,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,770.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 14 roles we track in Lake Charles (-32.4%), between paralegals (-22.1%) and marketing specialists (-35.1%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Lake Charles than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Lake Charles, 5.1% across Louisiana and 8.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $44,300 in Alexandria to $61,670 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $17,370 a year. All 5 areas in Louisiana with more sales development representatives than Lake Charles also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($61,670) and Baton Rouge, LA ($60,190).

Lake Charles against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lake Charles is #295 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 Louisiana, Twin Falls and Owensboro pay just above Lake Charles and St. Joseph and Anniston-Oxford just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in Lake Charles. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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