Sales Development Representative salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $46,770–$95,410. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $137,380, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($78,860) is 11% 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 $48,640 wide, against $67,790 across California and $52,810 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California 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 $24,430 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,210, or about $31,239 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 25th percentile and the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $80,850 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

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 $20,671 to the $71,200 median and brings it to $91,871 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 the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($74,160) and office managers ($69,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (+1.7%), between marketing specialists (+2.3%) and office managers (+0.7%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 9.4% across California and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $46,050 in Hanford-Corcoran to $116,510 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $70,460 a year. Of the 22 areas in California with more sales development representatives than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 15 pay less, the largest of them Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($62,230), Fresno, CA ($61,820) and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA ($64,670).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #324 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Kingston and Bellingham pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Reno and Philadelphia-Camden just below. All four are within $700 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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