Sales Development Representative salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $41,220–$75,980. The top tenth earns $102,010 or more, 3.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($63,900) is 21% 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 $34,760 wide, against $35,570 across Arkansas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Little Rock-North Little Rock 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 $23,210 over the median, the 25th only $11,550 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,948 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $50,570 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

At the $52,770 median, a local hire costs about $68,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,320 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($57,640) and executive assistants ($49,730). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-24.6%), between paralegals (-24.2%) and project coordinators (-28.2%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Little Rock-North Little Rock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 5.4% across Arkansas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $40,040 in Hot Springs to $53,640 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $13,600 a year. No other area in Arkansas has as many sales development representatives, and 7 of the other 8 pay less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #87 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Grants Pass and Coeur d'Alene pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Johnstown and Weirton-Steubenville just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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