Sales Development Representative salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $47,000–$84,160. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $121,420, only 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,340) is 13% 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 $37,160 wide, against $38,320 across Tennessee and $52,810 nationally: employers in Nashville-Murfreesboro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,930 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,230, or about $27,394 once benefits are added. 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $60,230 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

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 $18,270 to the $62,930 median and brings it to $81,200 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between recruiters ($67,380) and paralegals ($60,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,990.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (-10.1%), between HR assistants (-9.8%) and recruiters (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Nashville-Murfreesboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 6.0% across Tennessee and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $37,870 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $62,930 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $25,060 a year. No other area in Tennessee has as many sales development representatives, and all 13 others pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #26 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Tennessee, Vineland and Houston-Pasadena pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Austin-Round Rock and Manhattan just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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