Sales Development Representative salary in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area earns $40,310–$74,640. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $110,090, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($63,960) 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 $34,330 wide, against $53,780 across Michigan and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area 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 $17,070 a year in pay and about $22,026 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,260 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area

At the $57,570 median, a local hire costs about $74,284 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,714 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 Northern Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($58,710) and marketing specialists ($53,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,840.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area (-17.7%), between paralegals (-17.0%) and recruiters (-20.6%). The typical role here is at -15.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 4.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area, 6.7% across Michigan and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 7 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than the Northern Michigan nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($56,940).

the Northern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Michigan nonmetro area is #275 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Bloomington and Cape Coral-Fort Myers pay just above the Northern Michigan nonmetro area and Corpus Christi and Wildwood-The Villages just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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