Sales Development Representative salary in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $38,830–$73,440. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,590, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($62,470) is 16% 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 $34,610 wide, against $40,100 across Ohio and $52,810 nationally: employers in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,060 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,550, or about $25,226 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 the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $59,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $53,890 median, a local hire costs about $69,535 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,645 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 the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($59,510) and payroll specialists ($52,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,590.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area (-23.0%), between marketing specialists (-22.7%) and paralegals (-24.1%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, 7.5% across Ohio and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $46,370 in Mansfield to $61,640 in Dayton-Kettering, a gap of $15,270 a year. Of the 6 areas in Ohio with more sales development representatives than the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Toledo, OH ($53,470).

the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area is #158 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Visalia and Punta Gorda pay just above the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area and Great Falls and Bangor just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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