Sales Development Representative salary in Longview, TX

Pay in Longview against Texas and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $133,620, 3.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Longview earns $43,750–$91,780. The mean ($72,370) 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 $48,030 wide, between the figure for Texas ($43,030) 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 $29,700 over the median, the 25th only $18,330 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $38,323 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 Longview, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Longview

At the $62,080 median, a local hire costs about $80,103 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,023 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 Longview

Of the 17 roles we track in Longview, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,750) and executive assistants ($61,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,870.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Longview (-11.3%), between HR assistants (-11.1%) and office managers (-13.8%). The typical role here is at -14.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Longview than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Longview, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 17 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than Longview, 12 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($50,610), El Paso, TX ($45,200) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($49,350).

Longview against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Longview is #160 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Traverse City pay just above Longview and Dubuque and Ithaca just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Longview. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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