Sales Development Representative salary in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area against Illinois and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area earns $39,030–$73,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,610, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($61,380) is 26% 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 $34,210 wide, against $50,780 across Illinois and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $24,510 over the median, the 25th only $9,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,626 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 Northwest Illinois nonmetro area, and the Illinois statewide median of $66,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area

At the $48,730 median, a local hire costs about $62,877 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,147 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 Northwest Illinois nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between HR assistants ($51,410) and bookkeepers ($46,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,420.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area (-30.4%); HR assistants come first (+1.6%). The typical role here is at -7.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area, 11.4% across Illinois and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $48,730 in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area to $70,710 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $21,980 a year. All 6 areas in Illinois with more sales development representatives than the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area also pay more, among them Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN ($70,710) and Peoria, IL ($60,530).

the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area is #190 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 Illinois, Bowling Green and Jonesboro pay just above the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area and Columbia and Gulfport-Biloxi just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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