Sales Development Representative salary in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area earns $39,030–$74,330. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,320, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,760) is 23% 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 $35,300 wide, between the figure for Alabama ($34,160) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,100 over the median, the 25th only $10,200 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,387 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $58,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

At the $49,230 median, a local hire costs about $63,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,293 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 Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($52,750) and paralegals ($44,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area (-29.7%), between paralegals (-29.0%) and marketing specialists (-30.9%). The typical role here is at -22.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, 5.9% across Alabama and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $46,570 in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area to $64,460 in Huntsville, a gap of $17,890 a year. All 5 areas in Alabama with more sales development representatives than the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area also pay more, among them Birmingham, AL ($60,040) and Huntsville, AL ($64,460).

the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area is #256 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Alabama, McAllen-Edinburg and Florence pay just above the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area and Merced and Huntington-Ashland just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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