Sales Development Representative salary in Laredo, TX

Pay in Laredo against Texas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Laredo earns $36,510–$69,170. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $96,490, only 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($57,060) is 19% 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 $32,660 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Laredo 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 $21,150 over the median, the 25th only $11,510 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,290 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 Laredo, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 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 Laredo

At the $48,020 median, a local hire costs about $61,961 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,941 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 Laredo

Of the 17 roles we track in Laredo, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($51,780) and marketing specialists ($47,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $72,530.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Laredo (-31.4%), between HR assistants (-30.3%) and recruiters (-31.8%). The typical role here is at -24.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Laredo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Laredo, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,460 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $80,460 in Midland, a gap of $36,000 a year. Of the 15 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than Laredo, 2 pay less: El Paso, TX ($45,200) and Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($44,460).

Laredo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Laredo is #151 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 Texas, Clarksville and Fort Smith pay just above Laredo and Slidell-Mandeville and Owensboro just below. All four are within $430 a year of the median in Laredo. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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