Sales Development Representative salary in McAllen-Edinburg, TX

Pay in McAllen-Edinburg against Texas and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $102,020, 3.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in McAllen-Edinburg earns $37,530–$69,150. The mean ($57,650) 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 $31,620 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in McAllen-Edinburg 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 $19,800 over the median, the 25th only $11,820 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,548 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 McAllen-Edinburg, 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 McAllen-Edinburg

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $14,327 to the $49,350 median and brings it to $63,677 a year. 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 McAllen-Edinburg

Of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($53,600) and marketing specialists ($48,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $69,910.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg (-29.5%), between recruiters (-29.4%) and payroll specialists (-30.0%). The typical role here is at -21.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in McAllen-Edinburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in McAllen-Edinburg, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller 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 5 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than McAllen-Edinburg, 1 pays less: El Paso, TX ($45,200).

McAllen-Edinburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, McAllen-Edinburg is #84 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 Texas, Florence and Parkersburg-Vienna pay just above McAllen-Edinburg and Merced and Huntington-Ashland just below. All four are within $490 a year of the median in McAllen-Edinburg. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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