Sales Development Representative salary in New Haven, CT

Pay in New Haven against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in New Haven earns $57,150–$100,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $125,070, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($83,470) is 8% 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 $43,250 wide, against $47,760 across Connecticut and $52,810 nationally: employers in New Haven pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $23,460 a year in pay and about $30,271 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,790 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in New Haven, and the Connecticut statewide median of $76,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in New Haven

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 $22,337 to the $76,940 median and brings it to $99,277 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 New Haven

Of the 17 roles we track in New Haven, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($78,990) and marketing specialists ($74,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,710.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in New Haven (+9.9%), between payroll specialists (+11.9%) and e-commerce order specialists (+9.9%). The typical role here is at +9.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in New Haven, 6.4% across Connecticut and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $63,750 in Norwich-New London to $78,380 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $14,630 a year. Of the 2 areas in Connecticut with more sales development representatives than New Haven, 1 pays less: Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($74,220).

New Haven against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, New Haven is #96 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Connecticut, Detroit-Warren and Minneapolis-St. Paul pay just above New Haven and Mount Vernon-Anacortes and Anchorage just below. All four are within $1,100 a year of the median in New Haven. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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